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POULTRYMAN'S 




YEARBOOK AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT 



OF 



STATE POULTRY BOARD 
JANUARY FIRST 

1915 



COMPILED BY 
T. E. QUISENBERRY 

DIRECTOB OF THE 

MISSOURI STATE POULTRY EXPERIMENT STATION 

MOUNTAIN GROVE, MISSOURI 






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MEMBERS OF THE STATE POULTRY BOARD. 

A. A. Coult, President St. Louis 

E. C. McCarroll, Vice-President Vandalia 

W. C. Knorpp Pleasant Hill 

C. A. Morton Webster Groves 

J. A. Maxwell Fayette 

V. O. Hobbs Mountain Grove 

ADVISORY MEMBERS STATE POULTRY BOARD. 

Governor Elliott W. Major. 

Dr. F. B. Mumford, Dean of College of Agriculture, Columbia, Mo. 

Hon. Jewell Mayes, Secretary State Agricultural Board, Columbia. Mo. 

OFFICERS AND STAFF OF THE STATE POULTRY EXPERIMENT STATION, 

MOUNTAIN GROVE, MO. 

T. E. Quisenberry, Director , Mountain Grove 

C. T. Patterson, Pathologist Mountain Grove 

T. W. Noland, Superintendent Mountain Grove 



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POULTRYMAN'S GUIDE 



A BOOK CONTAINING HUNDREDS OF PRACTICAL IDEAS 

AND VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR THE BEGINNER. 

THE FARMER, THE FANCIER OR THE EXPERT 



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Yearbook 



CONTAINING LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE STATE 

POULTRY ASSOCIATION, WITH ADDRESSES 

AND VARIETIES OF POULTRY RAISED 




FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND ANNUAL REPORT OF 

THE STATE POULTRY BOARD 

JANUARY FIRST 

1915 



Compiled and Edited 

by 

T. E. QUISENBERRY 



DIRECTOR OF THE 
MISSOURI STATE POULTRY EXPERIMENT STATION 

MOUNTAIN GROVE, MISSOURI 



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Dr.F.B.MUMFORD Hon. JEWELL MAYES 

Dean of Col leae of Agriculture i '*. Sec/ St ate Board of Affjricu I tu re 



Advisory members of the Missouri State Poultry Board. 



D. of B« ; 
1AR 13 > 915 




Officers and members of the Missouri State Poultry Board, 




Officers of State Poultry Experiment Station. 



LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 

STATE POULTRY EXPERIMENT STATION, 

Office of the Secretary. 
Mountain GrOve, Mo., January, 1915. 

To the Honorable Elliott W. Major, Governor of Missouri: 

Sir — I have the honor to transmit to you a report of the 
Missouri State Poultry Board for the year 1914, including the 
financial report for the years 1913 and 1914, also the work of 
the Missouri State Poultry Experiment Station for the year 
1914. 

Yours very truly, 

T. E. QUISENBERRY, 

Secretary and Director. 

(5) 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY AND TREASURER OF 

THE STATE POULTRY BOARD FOR 

THE YEARS 1913 AND 1914. 

To the State Poultry Board: 

I beg to submit the following exhibit of the financial trans- 
actions of the board for the year of 1913, also for the year 1914. 
This shows the amounts appropriated, the amounts drawn, the 
checks issued against the various amounts, and the balances 
and deficits in each fund. I also submit you the amount of 
excess which accrued from the sale of eggs, poultry, bulletins, 
etc. 

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The Poultryman^s Guide, 1915. 
vouchers charged against income. 

(Eggs, Poultry, Bulletins, etc.) 



161 
162 
164 
168 
175 
185 
195 
250 
256 
275 
302 
323 
468 
533 
625 



L. E. Meyer 

St. Louis Star 

Statesman Publishing Co 

J. S. Pennington 

Tom Barron 

Mrs C. S. Little 

W. B. Hanna 

Technical World Publishing Co 

F. Newton 

W. L. Appleby 

E. H. Rusch 

C. M. Walter 

T. E. Quisenberry 

C. B. McAfee 

Mrs. Doran 

Vouchers charged against main building 
Vouchers charged against George Townsend 

Total bilis charged 



$5.00 
8.25 
4.50 

10.00 
5.00 
2.50 

10.00 

27.00 

70.00 
7.00 
5.00 

10.00 

271.25 

1.00 

1.00 

317.34 

81.16 

$836.00 



AMOUNTS REMITTED TO STATE TREASURER. 

(Receipts from Sale of Eggs, Poultry, Bulletins, etc.) 



May 

June 

July 

October. . 
November 
December. 
December. 



February . 
March. . . . 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August . . . 
September 
October. . 
November 
December . 
December. 



E. P. Deal, etc 

E. P. Deal, etc 

E. P. Deal, etc 

E. P. Deal, etc 

E. P. Deal, etc 

E. P. Deal, etc 

E. P. Deal, etc ■ 

Total, 1913 

E. P. Deal, etc 

E. P. Deal, etc 

E. P. Deal, etc 

E. P. Deal, etc 

E. P. Deal, etc 

E. P. Deal, etc 

E. P. Deal, etc 

E. P. Deal, etc 

E. P. Deal, etc 

E. P. Deal, etc 

E. P. Deal, etc 

E. P. Deal, etc 

Total , 1914 

Total amount of income from poultry and eggs in excess 
of that which was used for breeding, experimental and 
demonstration purposes 



$290.87 
173.40 
240 . 16 
277.36 
230.37 
156.27 
84.22 

>1,452.65 



$383 . 57 
218.35 
1,269.28 
657.00 
666.59 
273 . 89 
268 . 59 
320.25 
730.36 
268.76 
279.31 
330.12 



$5,666.07 



$7,954.72 



The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 



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A requisition for $251.54 was made on the State Auditor on December 30, 1912. This 
money was not received until January 4, 1913, and was used to pay the following bills made 
in 1912: 



International Poultry Sales Co., book 

R. C. Lawry, book 

Rancocas Poultry Farm, book 

J. A. Clary, wheat 

Barnes Drug Co.. drugs 

E. J. Floyd, oil and supplies 

T. W. Lynes, stock 

Cyphers Incubator Co., brooders. 
J. H. Livingston, freight and express. 
J. H. Livingston, freight and express. 

L. C. Jones, work on well 

Herschell Luttrel, labor 

H. W. Rose, labor 

John Cassil, labor 

Ed Stanton, labor 

C. S. Little, labor 

J. W. Sallee, labor 

C. S. Little, labor 

John Deere Plow Co., feed mill 

Yesterlaid Egg Farm, blue prints 

Total 

Duplicate check, error 



$1.00 
1.00 
1.00 

30.96 
7.35 

14.06 
5.00 

26.25 

38.21 



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1 



11 

50 



2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

2.00 

50.00 

24.50 

20.00 



$245.94 
5.60 



$251.54 



The duplicate check for $5.60 to Geo. M. Douglas Hardware Co. was cancelled and that 
amount returned to the State Treasury 



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The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 



DETAILED STATEMENT OF DISBURSEMENTS FOR 1913, 

MAIN BUILDING AND FURNISHINGS FUND. 
Disbursements — 19 1 3 . 



January 
April. . . 
May. . . 



June, 



July. 



Journal of Biology 

G. B. Gourley 

American Multigraph Sales Co 

Remington Typewriter Co 

Gardner Supply Co 

T. E. Quisenberry 

G. A. Stanton 

E. V. Stratton 

J. S. Gladden 

Frank D. Sible 

E. V. Stratton 

J. S. Gladden 

Gardner Supply Co 

Neostyle Co 

J. S. Gladden 

Geo. Epperson 

J. W. Blizzard 

A. F. McMillan 

F. M. Exendine 

J. M. Lease 

J. J. Sharr 

E. V. Stratton 

J. J. Sharr 

J. W. Blizzard 

Geo. Epperson 

J. S. Gladden 

J. A. Mullens 

Gambill Hardware Co 

Gardner Supply Co 

G. A. Stanton 

A. F. McMillen 

J. Kinnaird & Sons 

J. S. Gladden 

Geo. Epperson 

John Blizzard 

J. A. Mullins 

J. S. Gladden 

Geo. Epperson 

Jno. Blizzard 

Gardner Supply Co 

W. H. Kirkpatrick 

C. Quisenberry 

J. S. Gladden 

Geo. Epperson 

John Blizzard 

Fred Home 

F. M. Exendine 

D. H. Early 

Landers Lumber Co 

Timmons Wall Paper Co 

Gambill Hardware Co '. 

W. H. Kirkpatrick 

J. S. Gladden 

Fred Home 

F. M. Exendine 

D. H. Early 

C. Quisenberry 



8 

305 

81 

67 

2 

2 

17 

26 

35 

10 

15 

247 

35 

5 

5 

2 

35 

7 

7 

38 

3 

2 

17 

24 

22 

15 

21 

8 

11 

13 

70 

13 

13 

11 

11 

15 

13 

15 

196 

2 

5 

12 

12 

12 

10 

14 

16 

133 

4 

31 

3 

15 

15 

13 

15 

6 



.00 
.75 
.37 
.00 
.63 
.50 
.50 
.70 
.50 
.49 
.20 
.00 
.70 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.50 
.00 
.50 
.90 
.90 
.60 
.00 
.87 
.12 
.50 
.00 
.61 
.00 
.55 
.67 
.68 
.75 
.75 
.25 
.10 
.00 
.75 
.00 
.00 
.50 
.00 
.50 
.25 
.50 
.00 
.40 
.25 
.07 
.50 
.52 
.00 
.00 
,00 
50 
00 
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MAIN BUILDING AND FURNISHINGS FUND — Disbursements, 1913 — Continued. 



July 



August 



September 



October. . 

November 
December. 



John Blizzard 

Geo. Epperson 

Geo. Epperson 

J. S. Gladden 

John Blizzard 

Fred Home 

F. M. Exendine 

D. H. Early 

Ray Lewis 

Mountain Grove Ice and Electric Co. 

Izard & Beauchamp 

J. S. Gladden 

John Blizzard 

Fred Home 

F. M. Exendine 

D. H. Early 

John Blizzard 

Frank D. Sible 

Baker-Lockwood 

Gardner Supply Co 

Gambill Hardware Co 

J Neighbors Bros 

J. S. Gladden 

Fred Home 

J. S. Gladden 

D. H. Early 

F. M. Exendine 

B. A. Craft 

Fred Home 

F. M. Exendine 

B. A. Craft 

C. Quisenberry. 

E. Harding 

J. S. Gladden 

D. H. Early 

J. S. Gladden 

F. M. Exendine 

J. S. Gladden 

F. M. Exendine 

D. H. Early 

F. M. Exendine 

D. H. Early 

J. S. Gladden 

Kuhlman W. Strip Co 

J. Kinnaird & Sons 

Gardner Office Supply Co 

Mountain Grove Ice and Electric Co. 

Izard & Beauchamp 

Baker-Lockwood 

Gambill Hardware Co 

Gambill Hardware Co 

"Western Electric Co 

Ray Lewis 

Landers Lumber Co 

Mountain Grove Ice and Electric Co. 

Landers Lumber Co 

J. S. Gladden 

Ray Lewis 

Burroughs Adding Machine Co 

Gambill Hardware Co 



Total 



$11 

11 

1 

7 

6 

7 

6 

7 

35 

81 

114 

7 

7 

6 

7 

6 

5 

205 

8 

32 

53 

9 

12 

12 

14 

15 

15 

14, 

7. 

7. 

7. 

13. 

15. 

14. 

15. 
5. 

15. 

15. 

15. 

23. 

27. 

15. 

47. 
5. 

84. 

18. 

217. 

8. 

591. 

21. 

25. 

27. 
265. 

40. 

22. 

5. 

5. 

225. 

71. 



.75 
.00 
.75 
.50 
.25 
.50 
.75 
.50 
.00 
.67 
.35 
.50 
.50 
.25 
.50 
.25 
.00 
.68 
.89 
.00 
.16 
.10 
.50 
.50 
.75 
.00 
.00 
.75 
.50 
.50 
.50 
.50 
.60 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.75 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.25 
.50 
.75 
00 
95 
50 
85 
32 
89 
82 
66 
61 
00 
58 
50 
77 
75 
75 
00 
82 



$4,390.00 



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MACHINERY AND STORAGE ROOM FUND. 
Disbursements — 1913. 



May 


W. H. Kirkpatrick . . . . , 


$30 . 00 




G. A. Stanton 


1.50 




"W. H. Kirkpatrick 


72.84 




J. S. Gladden 


13.75 




J. M. Lease 


14.75 




J. W. Blizzard 


13.75 




C. Quisenberry 


6.00 




J. S. Gladden 


10.00 




Geo. Epperson 


10.00 




J. M. Lease 


10.00 




F. M. Exendine 


15.00 




J. W. Blizzard 


12.50 


June 


A. F. McMillen 


10.00 




C. Quisenberry 


5.70 




C. Quisenberry 


5.70 




J. W. Blizzard 


10.00 




Geo. Epperson 


5.00 




J. S. Gladden 


5.00 




Gambill Hardware Co 


4.45 


July 


J. O. Wheeler 


2.80 




Landers Lumber Co 


424 . 28 




Gambill Hardware Co 


20.99 




Total 






$701.31 













BROODER HOUSE AND BROODING SYSTEM FUND. 
Disbursements — 1913. 



July 

October. . 
November 

December . 



W. H. Kirkpatrick 

Cyphers Incubator Co 

Gambill Hardware Co 

W. H. Kirkpatrick 

"W. H. Kirkpatrick 

Landers Lumber Co 

J. F. Home 

J. V. Home 

F. M. Exendine 

Logan Crow 

D. J. Landers Lumber Co 

W. H. Kirkpatrick 

Logan Crow 

J. F. Home 

J. V. Home 

F. M. Exendine 

J. H. Livingston 

Candee Incubator and Brooder Co 

Gambill Hardware Co 

Gambill Hardware Co 

Total 



$30 . 00 

14.56 

2.95 

125.00 

200 . 00 
64.94 
29.40 
21.20 
24.50 
11.00 
46.23 

304.04 
13.63 
59.70 
31.50 
34.00 
9.84 

168.50 
.60 

192.86 



$1,384.45 



The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 



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FEED HOUSE FUND. 
Disbursements — 1913. 



October. . , 
November , 



December. 



Harvey Smith 

Fred Kirkpatrick 

Ray Lewis 

J. S. Gladden 

Fred Kirkpatrick 

G. A. Stanton 

Jake Spitzig 

Carl Rrown 

J. S. Gladden 

Ray Lewis 

D. J. Landers Lumber Co 

C. L. Riley 

J. S. Gladden 

Ray Lewis 

J. H. Livingston 

J. H. Livingston 

Gambill Hardware Co. . . . 
Gambill Hardware Co. . . . 

Total 



$9.15 
50.00 
12.25 
11.00 
310.82 

4.75 
39.00 
36.75 
53.50 
53.50 
335.00 

3.75 
46.00 
50.50 
11.04 

6.56 
19.10 

6.24 



$1,058.91 



TEN COLONY HOUSES FUND. 
Disbursements — 1913 





Landers Lumber Co 


$100.00 




Geo. Epperson 


15.00 




F. M. Exendine 


14.75 




J. M. Lease 


5.00 


June 


Gambill Hardware Co 


.15 


July 


Landers Lumber Co 


248 . 40 




Gambill Hardware Co 


8.40 




Gambill Hardware Co 


2.85 




D. H. Early 


15.00 




F. M. Exendine 


15.00 


September 


Gambill Hardware Co 


2.70 




Landers Lumber Co 


73.99 


November 


Landers Lumber Co 


1.28 




G. A. Stanton 


2.25 




Total 






$504 . 77 













LONG BREEDING HOUSE (CORNELL) FUND. 
Disbursements — 1913. 



October . . 



November. 



W. H. Kirkpatrick. . . 

Drew Holt 

Gambill Hardware Co 
Gambill Hardware Co 

J. F. Home 

J. V. Home 

F. M. Exendine 

G. A. Stanton 

W. H. Kirkpatrick.. . 
Landers Lumber Co. . 



$200 . 00 

2.25 

60.70 

6.30 

85.35 

54.70 

68.62 

45.25 

206 . 20 

170.89 



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LONG BREEDING HOUSE (CORNELL) FUND— Continued. 



December 


E. E. Randel 


$2.40 




F. M. Exendine 


3.50 




V. B. Cunningham 

Landers Lumber Co 


16 . 00 
76.94 




W. H. Kirkpatrick 

J. F. Home 


100.00 
3.90 




J. V. Home 


4.30 




F. M. Exendine 


5.37 




Gambill Hardware Co 


29.50 




Total 






$1,142.17 













CORNING LAYING HOUSE FUND. 
Disbursements — 1913. 



January , 
May . . . 



International Poultry Sales Co 
H. H. Stoddard 

Total 



$1.00 
5.00 



$6.00 



HENDWELLS FOR ONE THOUSAND LAYING HENS FUND. 
Disbursements — 1913. 



May 


Landers Lumber Co 


$282.92 




Landers Lumber Co 


18.90 


July 


W. H. Kirkpatrick 


38.40 




Gambill Hardware Co 


.15 


October 


Landers Lumber Co 


9.11 


November 


Landers Lumber Co 


172.31 


December 


J. H. Livingston 


44.94 




Carthage Superior Limestone Co 


32.75 




Gambill Hardware Co 


18.20 




Gambill Hardware Co. 


133 . 13 




Total 






$750.81 













THREE COWS FUND. 
Disbursements — 1913. 



May 
July. 



W. H. Kirkpatrick 
W. S. Gobble 

Total 



$75 . 00 
40.00 



$115.00 



The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 



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FENCING, WIRE, GATES, POSTS, ETC., FUND. 

Disbursements — 1913. 



May 

June 

July 

August. . . 
September 
October. . 
November 
December. 



W. H. Kirkpatrick 

American Steel and Wire Co 

Gambill Hardware Co 

Landers Lumber Co 

Neighbors Bros 

Landers Lumber Co 

Gambill Hardware Co 

Landers Lumber Co 

Landers Lumber Co 

Lon Riley 

Herschel Lutrell 

W. H. Kirkpatrick 

American Steel and Wire Co 

Total 



$7.50 

708.66 

.10 

14.30 

60.04 

6.50 

1.25 

4.30 

22.97 

21.60 

20 . 25 

15.67 

30.00 



$913.14 



LARGE INCUBATOR AND HOVER FUND. 

Disbursements — 1913. 



May 


Candee Incubator Co 


$300.00 


June 


Gambill Hardware Co 


20.00 


July 


Candee Incubator Co 


196.75 




Gambill Hardware Co 


4.20 


December 


Gambill Hardware Co 


9.75 




Total 






$530 . 70 













EXTENSION TO WATER AND HEATING SYSTEM FUND. 

Disbursements — 1913. 



May 


Fairbanks, Morse & Co 


$5.00 




Mountain Grove Waterworks Co 


20.20 




Candler & Son 


31.85 


June 


Gambill Hardware Co 


67.05 


July 


Gambill Hardware Co , 


45.12 




Gambill Hardware Co 


21.60 


September 


Candler & Son 


20.90 




Gambill Hardware Co 


197.52 




Gambill Hardware Co 


3.15 




Gambill Hardware Co 


18.21 


December 


Geo. Myers 


5.25 




Luther Baney 


5.25 




Geo. Myers 


20.85 




Luther Baney 


23.25 




Walter Fox 


3.00 




Gambill Hardware Co 


14.75 




Total 






$502.95 













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LABORATORY SUPPLIES, INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT. 

Disbursements — 1913. 



May. 



J. Max Cassil. . 
Bausch & Lomb 

Total 



$2.50 
3.60 



.10 



MOWING MACHINE FUND. 
Disbursements— 1913. 




DISC HARROW FUND. 

Disbursements — 1913 . 




OTHER FARM IMPLEMENTS AND FARM TOOLS FUND. 
Disbursements — 1913. 





Baker Manufacturing Co 


$18.00 




Gambill Hardware Co , 


11.05 


July 


Gambill Hardware Co 


11.00 




D. C. Thorne & Son 


12.50 






54 . 50 


December 


Gambill Hardware Co 


.75 




Total 






$107.80 













GRANITOID, CINDER AND GRAVEL WALKS FUND. 

Disbursements — 1913. 



May 

August . . . 
September 
November 



W. H. Kirkpatrick 
W. H. Kirkpatrick 
W. H. Kirkpatrick 
W. H. Kirkpatrick 

Total 



$87.89 
75.00 
18.35 

173.40 



$354.64 



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FEED MILL, GASOLINE ENGINE, CLOVER AND STRAW CUTTER, ETC., 

FUND. 

Disbursements — 1913. 



August .... 


Landers Lumber Co 


$293 04 


November .... 


Landers Lumber Co 


44.94 


December. . 


Medart Patent Pulley Co 


44 47 




Hastings Foundry and Iron Works 


59.42 




Total 






$441.87 













EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS, MODELS, CHARTS, LANTERN SLIDES, PICTURE 

REELS, ETC., FUND. 

Disbursements — 1913. 



June 

July 

August. . . 
September 
October. . 

November 
December . 



Prof. Ralph E. Hetzel 

Erker Bros 

O. Posey 

0. Posey 

C. T. Patterson 

Fred Home 

Cover Mercantile Co 

Gambill Hardware Co 

Essaney Film Co 

Landers Lumber Co 

Wm. M. Wilson's Sons 

S. T. Campbell 

Ed. Stanton 

Ph. B. Wallace 

Archias Floral Co 

Claude Jones 

1. & H. Milling Co 

Kansas City Convention Hall Building Co 

J. H. Livingston 

J. H. Livingston 

Total 



$166.56 

.39 

2.00 

4.00 

20.00 

14.75 

2.22 

4.50 

394.25 

10.08 

3.25 

30.00 

25.00 

5.35 

2.00 

26.00 

30.00 

4.80 

56.11 

8.41 



$809.67 



LARGE CAMERA AND PHOTO SUPPLIES FUND. 
Disb ursemcnts— 19 13 . 



May 



July 

September 
November. 
December . 



Erker Bros 

Erker Bros 

Erker Bros 

Gambill Hardware Co. 
Sharp & Hubbard. . . . 
Sharp & Hubbard. . . . 



Total 



$146.90 

28.70 

25.10 

.30 

12.90 

5.80 

$219.70 



P— 2 



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JUDGES, LECTURES, PREMIUMS, COOPS, ETC., STATE POULTRY SHOW FUND. 

Disbursements — 1913. 



January. . 

February . 
May 

August. . . 
September 



Anslinger Sheet Metal Works 

Bell Telephone Co 

S. T. Campbell 

St. Louis Button Co 

Spratt's Patent 

R. H. Searle 

Terry Bartlett 

Zelma Odell 

Chas. Pigg 

H. Rifle 

W. T. Bailey 

Emmett Rifle 

Mrs. Fowles 

C. T. Patterson 

Reese V. Hicks 

G. D. McClaskey 

T. E. Quisenberry 

F. J. Gittings 

A. C. Vawter 

Porter Taylor 

Mrs. M. W. Mcintosh 

Mrs. M. W. Mcintosh 

Morse Stock Farm 

John Seagrove & Son 

W. A. Howard 

A. C. Vawter 

M. S. Glenn 

Dan Killam 

S. F. Stone 

Will Call 

Ed. Floyd, Jr 

Mrs. E. M. Hughes 

Paul Teter 

W. B. Pierson 

N. M. Staples 

T. J. Kelley 

Frank Kelley 

L. B. Anderson 

Jim Fuqua 

W. C. Barton 

A. E. Elliott 

C. M. McClanahan 

State Hospital No. 3 

J. W. Beaty 

Armstrong Bros 

J. A. Rutherford 

R. H. Searle 

Mrs. M. Gilbreath 

J. T. Moser 

Mrs. I. M. Daflron 

Mrs. J. H. Walker 

F. J. Zimmer 

Harold Marsh 

Dr. E. R. Zimmer 

A. G. Templeton 

J. F. Meador 

W. F. Duncan 

C. F. Lefever 

Mrs. B. R. Smith 

Mrs. Gudemuth 

Jack Muir 

J. and L. McHugh 

Pat O'Brien 



$7 


.00 


1 


.55 


3 


.75 


12 


.75 


263 


.20 


35 


.00 


2 


.00 


2 


.00 


2 


.00 


2 


.00 


2 


.00 


1 


.00 


2 


.00 


24 


.49 


75 


.00 


43 


.80 


LOO 


.00 


2 


.00 


2 


.00 


2 


.00 


1 


.00 


2 


.00 


1 


.00 


2 


.00 


1 


.00 


2 


00 


18 


00 


3 


00 


2 


00 


2 


00 


2 


00 


•2 


00 


2 


00 


2 


00 


2 


00 


1 


00 


5 


00 


3 


00 


3 


00 


2 


00 


2 


00 


2 


00 


1 


00 


2 


00 


2 


00 


2 


00 


30 


00 


2 


00 


1. 


00 


2. 


00 


1. 


00 


2. 


00 


1. 


00 


1. 


00 


2. 


00 


2. 


00 


2 


00 


2. 


00 


2. 


00 


2. 


00 


4. 


00 


2. 


00 


2. 


00 



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JUDGES, LECTURES, PREMIUMS, COOPS, ETC., STATE POULTRY SHOW 

FUND— Continued. 



September 


Paul Galbreath 


$4.00 


E. M. Herring 


1.00 




W. F. Robinson 


2.00 




A. Parker 


1.00 




W. E. Carter 


2.00 




J. W. Gum 


3.00 




J. E. Dunlap 


2.00 




Mrs. J. E. Dunlap 


2.00 




Mrs. J. W. Beaty 


2.00 




T. E. Quisenberry 


29.40 




E. C. Branch 


37.75 




Henry Steinmesch 


6.50 




Geo. Beuoy ... 


67.32 




Mrs. A. R. Guyton 


10.50 




R. H. Searle 


50.00 




R. H. Searle 


25.00 




R. H. Searle 


25.00 


October . . 


R. H. Searle 


15.00 




T. H. Purple 


128.75 




R. H. Searle 


25.00 




Hollen Kelly 


15.00 




W. E. Renfro 


10.00 




A. N. Peters 


10.00 




I. Boulware 


3.00 




S. O. Roberts 


2.00 




J. R. Glore 


1.00 




Mrs. J. C. Denton 

M. R. Howell 


2.00 
1.00 




W. E. McDonald 


5.00 




Younger Bros 


5.00 




Ollie Faddis 


1.00 




J. E. Shock 


1.00 




J. W. Rowland 


2.00 




C. T. Patterson 


5.76 




Callie Halliburton 


3.00 




Mrs. E. E. Ash 


3.00 




J. W. Jackson 


3.00 




Waller Eubank 


3.00 




R. H. Searle 


30.00 




Callie Halliburton 


3.00 




R. H. Searle 


50.00 




R. H. Searle 


25.00 




R. H. Searle 


25.00 




Tom Barron 


50.00 




C. H. Rogers 


25.00 




V. C. Warner ... 


15.00 




S. L. Todd 


10.00 




John S. Gross 


20.00 




Tom Barron .... 


15.00 




J. H. Clark 


10.00 




Crawford & Saylor 


5.00 




Mrs. Daisy Rose 


5.00 




Tom Barron 


5.00 




T. W. Lvnes & Son 


5.00 




John S. Gross 


5.00 




Wm. McNeal 


5.00 




W. L. Rohlflng ... 


5.00 




V. G. Warner 


5.00 




S. L. Todd 


5.00 






5.00 






5.00 




Lakemont Poultry Farm. . 


5.00 






6.00 




Brooks Sanitary Hennery 


5.00 



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JUDGES, LECTURES, PREMIUMS, COOPS, ETC., STATE POULTRY SHOW 

FUND— Continued. 



November. 



December. 



M. L. Puckett 

Thos. B. Elliott 

M. M. Daugherty 

L. E. Meyer 

Miss S. C. Fellows 

Russell Cave Poultry Yards 

C. T. Patterson 

E. M. Herring 

M. L. Andrews 

J. W. Gum 

Miss S. C. Fellows 

Geo. M. McMillen 

Ed. Floyd, Jr 

L. B. Anderson 

Jas. L. Fuqua 

Armstrong Bros 

St. Louis Button Co 

American Poultry Association . . . 

H. L. Kempster 

A. S. Ray 

J. A. Ayers 

Geo. W. Cole 

W. T. Robinson 

Otto Baker 

S. L. Doggett 

O. E. Jasper 

Wm. Beauchamp 

W. E. Platter 

Mrs. J. N. and Ivan Hutchinson 

W. M. Bullock 

S. J. Peebles 

W. Y. Davidson 

Martin Harrelson 

Ned R. Brawner 

P. K. Corder 

E. C. Branch 

C. H. Rhodes 

C. A. Emry 

D. T. Heimlich 

Adam Thompson 

Jack Brackey 

Ed. McMurtry 

Mrs. W. B. Popham 

J. C. Rickey 

C. H. Rickey 

Fred and M. R. Crosby 

Mrs. D. T. Robinson 

D. E. Hall 

Mrs. Henry Blauer 

E. C. Mankin 

E. C. Mankin 

Mrs. W G. Robinson 

C. H. Rogers 

Mrs. Daisy Rose 

Fred Grimm 

F. "W. and J. W. Everman 

Chas. Lamb 

J. A. Ayers 

J. H. Hanly 

Mrs. W. F. Keaster 

E. K. Craft 

W. R. Kendall 

J. L. Moss 

W. M. Bullock 



5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
25 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
6 
3 
3 
15 
75 
25 
3 
3 
3 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
3 
5 
5 
2 
6 
9 
3 
1 
6 
8 
4 
2 
3 
3 
1 
2 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
2 
2 
8 



.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.20 
.00 
.64 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.50 
.50 
.50 
.50 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.50 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.50 
.50 
.00 
.00 
.50 
.50 
.50 
.50 
.50 
.00 
.00 
.50 
.50 
00 
.00 
.00 
.50 
.50 
.50 



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21 



JUDGES, LECTURES, PREMIUMS, COOPS, ETC., STATE POULTRY SHOW 

FUND — Continued. 



December. 



J. D. Wayman 

Sidney W. Schmidt 

Mrs. W. S. Hamilton 

F. E. Benson 

G. M. Sprout 

C. A. Bryant 

Lester Howell 

E. W. Hink 

C. R. Kreitler 

T. B. Williams 

Mrs. Z. W. Yankee 

Arthur Smith " 

Roma Fleet 

Robinson & Kochan. . . . 

Rev S. M. Neel 

N. L. Farmer 

Mrs. R. Lee Alford 

J. E. Boydston 

Mrs. J. N. McDaniel. . . . 

Chas. Pigg 

W. R. Kendall 

Wirt L. Haymond 

Dr. R. E. Walsh 

Tom Anderson 

E. G. Zimmer 

Jas. W. Bayles 

C. M. Stackhouse 

Frances J. McBride 

Tom Cochran 

Tom Cochran 

Julius C. Garrell 

Rev S. M. Neel 

Mrs. S. M. Thayer 

Junius Johnson 

Mrs. T. J. Buckley 

Mrs. E. M. Scott 

Miss Ella Dorney 

S. K. Rhodes 

Mrs. Stant Brown 

F. C. Bayles 

J. A. Ayers 

A. S. Ray 

W. T. Robinson 

S. L. Doggett 

Mrs. Bush Bondurant . . . 

Sidney W. Schmidt 

Geo. W . Cole 

Callie Halliburton 

E. F. Moses 

Miss Helen Morse 

F. C. Lundy 

L. P. McDonald 

Leon Turner 

John Jackson 

Meyer Bros 

Mrs. Stuart King 

Jas. H. Edwards 

Elza Clark 

Whiprecht Bros 

C. H. Funk 

Tom Grisham 

J. H. Coleman 

Fred S. Dickerson 

Drummond & Co.'s Farm 



$2.50 
3.50 
1.00 
5.00 
1.00 
2.50 
6.00 
2.50 
4.50 
2.50 
2.50 
1.00 
1.00 
3.50 
2.50 
3.50 
1.00 
1.00 
2.50 
1.00 
3.50 
2.50 
3.50 
1.00 
2.50 
3.50 
3.50 
3.50 

10.50 
1.00 
5.00 
6.00 
4.50 



00 
50 



8.50 



00 
00 
00 



55.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 



00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 



5.00 
3.00 
3 . 00 



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JUDGES, LECTURES, PREMIUMS, COOPS, ETC., STATE POULTRY SHOW 

FUND— Continued. 



December. 



E. F. Quigley 

Lorenzo Jones 

John J. Lamasters 

L. G. Lamb 

R. W. Taylor 

Mrs. W. P. Throckmorton 

Vasmer Bros 

Zelma Odell 

W. T. Bailey 

Wm. P. Wohlf 

Rifle & Endsley 

Chas. Pigg 

Homer Fowler 

G. W. Evans 

J. H. Barnett 

C. C. White 

R. F. Carter 

O. L. Jenkins 

Dr. Maude B. Pheres. . . . 

Mrs. E. G. Fisher 

Mrs. Lula Stanton 

Dewey Pike 

Naomi Singery 

M. L. Quisenberry 

Geo. Beuoy 

J. H. Livingston 

Total 



$3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 



00 
00 
00 
00 
00 



9.00 
3.00 



00 
00 
00 
00 
00 



5.00 

5.00 

4.75 

15.00 

.40 



,513.01 



PRINTING BULLETINS AND ANNUAL REPORTS FUND. 
Disbursements — 1913. 



January. . 

April 

May 

June 

October. . 
November 
December. 



Sanders Engraving Co. . . 

W. G. Robertson 

Teachenor-Bartberger . . 
Reliable Poultry Journal 
Teachenor-Bartberger. . 
Teachenor-Bartberger. . 
Teachenor-Bartberger. . 
Teachenor-Bartberger. . 
Teachenor-Bartberger. . 

John M. Buck 

J. J. Rollins 

Ray Lewis 

A. A. Coult 

Teachenor-Bartberger. . 

Claude Jones 

A. A. Coult 

L. B. Lemons 

J. H. Livingston 

Total 



$21.00 

1.25 
34.72 

1.00 
12.35 
14.42 

3.84 
21.68 
14.87 

3.25 
.50 

9.35 
24.00 
20.15 

3.75 
13.50 

7.00 

1.26 



$207.89 



The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 



23 



POSTAGE ON SAME AND FOR CORRESPONDENCE FUND. 
Disbursements — 1913. 



January 



February 



March . 



April . 



May 
June 

July . 



August . . . 

September 

October . . 
November 

Decemb( r. 



J. W. Key 

J. W. Key 

W. Key 

W. Key 

W. Key 

W. Key 

J. W. Key 

J. W. Key 

J. W. Key 

J. W. Key 

W. Key 

W. Key 

W. Key 

W. Key 

J. W. Key 

J. W. Key 

J. W. Key 

J. W. Key 

J. W. Key 

J. W. Key 

J. W. Key 

J. W. Key 

J. W. Key 

J. W. Key 

J. W. Key 

J. W. Key 

J. W. Allen 

J. W. Allen 

J. W. Allen 

J. W. Allen 

J. W. Allen 

J. W. Allen 

J. W. Allen 

J. W. Allen 

J. W. Allen 

W. Allen 

W. Allen 

W. Allen 

W. Allen 

W. Allen 

W. Allen 

W. Allen 

W. Allen 

E. Quisenberry, State Assn. Members. 



Total 



$10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
30.00 
15.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
15.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
15.00 
10.00 
10.00 
25.00 
15.00 

1.00 
15.00 
15.00 
15.00 
15.00 
20.00 
25.00 
75.00 
40.00 
25.00 
20.00 
20.00 
20.00 

4.00 
40.00 

8.00 
25.00 
20.00 
10.00 
20.00 
50.00 
15.00 
25.00 

5.00 

20.00 

10.00 

102.45 

$885.45 



STATIONERY, SUPPLIES, ETC., FUND. 

Disbursements — 191 3 . 



January 
May. . . 



June 



Gardner Supply Co 

Ozark Printing Co 

Neostyle Co 

Remington Typewriter Co. 

L. B. Lemons 

Gardner Supply Co 

Neostyle Co 

Buxton Skinner 



$2.25 

2.89 

6.35 

27.10 

18.00 

13.05 

6.35 

2.81 



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STATIONERY, SUPPLIES, ETC., FUND— Continued. 



August. . . 
September 

October. . 
December. 



Hollen Kelley 

Gardner Supply Co 

Neostyle Co 

Rowlin Drug Co 

Mount Grove Herald 

Gardner Supply Co 

Inter-Ocean 

R. W. Short" (Underwood Typewriter Co.) 

Neostyle Co 

Gardner Supply Co 

Oliver Typewriter Co 

Underwood Typewriter Co 

Sharp & Hubbard 

Neostyle Co 

Gambill Hardware Co 

Total 



S3. 81 

9.25 

12.47 



.20 
.90 
.40 
25 



22.25 

6.79 

4.70 

2.00 

10.00 

12.00 

1.42 

.50 



$171.74 



EXPENSE OP MEMRERS STATE EOARD ATTENDING MEETINGS FUND 

Disbursements — 1913. 



January 

February 


M. L. Andrews 


$22.40 


T. C. Wilson 


28.40 


March 


W. C. Knorpp 


28.10 




M. L. Andrews 


34.19 


May. . . 


V. O. Hobbs 


45.18 




C. A. Morton 


42.84 


June 


E. C. McCarroll 

C. A. Morton 


69. 15 


October 


17.49 


November .... 


C. A. Morton 


18.79 




W. C. Knorpp 


31.70 


December. . . . 


C. A. Morton 


19.94 




M. Li. Andrews. . 


26.80 




J. A. Maxwell 


16.78 




C. A. Morton 


23.45 




Total 






$425.21 













POULTRY INSTITUTES, EDUCATIONAL WORK, TRAVELING EXPENSES OF 
SECRETARY, DISTRIBUTION OF EGGS, ETC., FUND. 

Disbursements — 19 1 3 . 



January , 



February 

April. . . . 
May. . . . 



June. 



T. E. Quisenberry 

T. E. Quisenberry 

T. E. Quisenberry 

T. E. Quisenberry 

T. E. Quisenberry 

A. A. Coult 

T. E. Quisenberry 

T. E. Quisenberry 

Victor Animatagraph Co. 

A. A. Coult 

R. H. Searle 

Victor Animatagraph Co 

T. W. Orcutt 

Erker Bros. Optical Co. . 

A. A. Coult 

T. E. Quisenberry 

Claude Jones 

T. E. Quisenberry 

Erker Bros. Optical Co. . 



$25 . 00 

20.00 

50.00 

35.00 

35.00 

9.20 

35.00 

20.00 

54.00 

9.40 

75.00 

.50 

156.00 

1.88 

9.00 

144.00 

10.00 

32.82 

7.70 



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25 



POULTRY INSTITUTES, EDUCATIONAL WORK, TRAVELING EXPENSES OF 
SECRETARY, DISTRIBUTION OP EGGS, ETC., FUND— Continued. 



July 


R. H. Searle 


$50 . 00 




T. E. Quisenberry 


35.00 




A. A. Coult 


86.00 




R. H. Searle 


50.00 




V. H. Southard 


15.86 




V. H. Southard 


35.00 




Victor Animatagraph Co 


47.50 




Gambill Hardware Co 


1.85 




Erker Bros. Optical Co 


37.90 




Ed. Stanton 


35.00 




R. H. Searle 


10.00 




V. H. Southard 


25.00 


August 


Claude Jones 


71.53 




Ed. Stanton 


35.00 




C. T. Patterson 


20.00 




T. E. Quisenberry 


50.00 




V. H. Southard 


25.00 




V. H. Southard 


25.00 




Ed. Stanton 


35.00 




R. H. Searle 


35.00 




V. H. Southard 


33.27 




V. H. Southard 


25.00 




Hermes & Harlow 


6.00 


September 


Ed Stanton 


50.00 




V. H. Southard 


25.00 




V. H. Southard 


19.11 




V. H. Southard 


25.00 




Claude Jones 


13.40 




Ed. Stanton 


25.00 




A. A. Coult 


6.50 




Smith Slide Co 


5.20 




T. E. Quisenberry 


50.00 




V. H. Southard 


25.00 


October 


V. H. Southard 


25.00 




Victor Animatagraph Co 


2.70 




T. . Quisenberry 


25.00 


November 


E. C. McCarroll 


1.50 




Country Gentleman 


1.50 




T. E. Quisenberry 


75.00 




T. E. Quisenberry 


100.00 




R. H. Searle 


25.00 


December 


C. T, Patterson 


10.00 




E. J. Ruliffson 


100 . 00 




R. C. Lawry 


28.20 




R. H. Searle 


35.00 




T. E. Quisenberry 

M. L. Quisenberry 

Ed. Stanton 


100.00 
25.00 
15.00 




Kansas City Machine and Supply Co 


15.00 




Sexton Hotel 


16.50 




R. H. Searle 


40.00 




T. E. Quisenberry 

Sexton Hotel 


50.00 
18.00 




C. T. Patterson 


30.59 




J. W. Allen 


.75 




Jas. E. Rice 


112.01 




J. H. Lingston 


4.56 




C. A. Morton 


3.38 




R. G. Powers 


18.58 




Ed. Stanton 


11.23 




J. H. Livingston 

Gambill Hardware Co 

Total 


2.89 
1.20 




$2,658.71 




Credit, Returned by Ed. Stanton 


$33 . 78 



26 



The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 



SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES FUND. 
Disbursements — 1913. 



January 



February 



March . 



April . 



May 



June. 



Vera Fellers 

Vera Fellers 

Frank May field 

Vera Fellers 

H. W. Rose 

W. C. Brown 

Vera Fellers 

Fred Custer 

Miss E. B. Foster. 

Vera Fellers 

H. W. Rose 

L. C. Jones 

Fred Custer 

J. W. Gourley 

Vera Fellers 

G. A. Stanton 

H. W. Rose 

C. S. Little 

Vera Fellers 

E. E. "Wagner 

Jno. Cassil 

Vera Fellers 

T. E. Quisenberry . 

Rodney Cassil 

W. D. Inman 

Geo. Myers 

H. W. Rose 

Geo. Myers 

Rodney Cassil 

W. D. Inman 

E. E. Wagner 

W. D. Inman 

Rodney Cassil 

Geo. Myers 

F. M. Exendine. . . 

Vera Fellers 

E. E. Wagner 

R. H. Searle 

T. W. Noland 

C. S. Little 

J. W. Sallee 

J. W. Rose 

Geo. Myers 

W. D. Inman 

Lon Riley 

H. Luttrel 

Ed Stanton 

Jno. Cassil 

Vera Fellers 

W. S. Gobble 

T. E. Quisenberry . 
M. L. Quisenberry. 

E. E. Wagner 

Ray Lewis 

Bert Agee 

Ray Lewis 

T. E. Quisenberry. 

R. H. Searle 

T. W. Noland 

M. L. Quisenberry. 

J. W. Sallee 

H. W. Rose 



$10.50 

10.50 

8.00 

10.50 

40.00 

6.45 

10.50 

7.00 

5.25 

21.00 

40.00 

.75 

2.50 

12.50 

21.00 

63.50 

50.00 

50.00 

10.50 

20.00 

20.00 

30.00 

125.00 

3.00 

3.00 

13.50 

50.00 

7.50 

5.00 

3.75 

20.00 

6.75 

6.00 

9.00 

4.00 

20.00 

20.00 

200.76 

200.00 

190.00 

200.00 

50.00 

13.50 

9.00 

9.00 

320.00 

350.00 

390.00 

86.00 

55.00 

375.00 

300.00 

30 . 00 

77.50 

31.50 

67.50 

125.00 

200 . 00 

100.00 

75.00 

50.00 

50.00 



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27 



SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES FUND— Continued. 





H. Luttrell . 


$50.00 




C. S. Little 


50.00 




Ed Stanton 


50.00 






40.00 




W. S. Gobble 


40.00 






55.00 




C. T. Patterson 


85.00 






60.00 


July 




125.00 


T. W. Noland . . 


100.00 






75.00 




R. H. Searle. . . 


200 . 00 






50 . 00 




H. Luttrell. 


50.00 




J. W. Sallee 


50.00 




C. S. Little. . 


50.00 




H. W. Rose. 


50.00 






40.00 




W. S. Gobble 


40.00 






55.00 






21.50 






20.00 




T. E. Quisenberry 


125.00 






75.00 




R. H. Searle. ... 


150.00 






50.00 




T. W. Noland . 


100.00 




H. Luttrell 


50.00 




J. W. Sallee 


50.00 




C. S. Little 


50.00 




H. W. Rose 


50.00 




W. S. Gobble 


40.00 




Vera Fellers 


55.00 




Ethel Lovins 


10.00 


August 


C. T. Patterson 


85.00 




C. T. Patterson ... 


42.50 




Ray Lewis 


32.50 




Ethel Lovins 


12.50 




Erskine Harmon. 


40.50 




Ray Lewis 


65.00 


September 


T. E. Quisenberry 


125.00 




M. L. Quisenberry 


75.00 




R. H. Searle 


150.00 




C. T. Patterson 


85.00 




T. W. Noland. . . 


100.00 




Vera Fellers 


. 55.00 




Ed Stanton 


50.00 




H. Luttrell ... 


50.00 




J. W. Sallee. . . 


50.00 




C. S. Little 


50.00 




H. W. Rose. ... 


50.00 




Erskine Harmon 


45.00 




W. S. Gobble 


40.00 


October 


T. E. Quisenberry 

M. L. Quisenberry 


125.00 
75.00 




R. H. Searle 


150.00 




C. T. Patterson 

T. W. Noland 


85.00 
100.00 




Ed. Stanton 


50.00 




H. Luttrell 


50.00 




'j. W. Sallee. . . 


50.00 




H. W. Rose. . 


50.00 




C. S. Little 


50.00 




W. S. Gobble 


40.00 




C. G. Doan 


40.00 




Vera Fellers 


55.00 



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The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 



SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES FUND— Continued. 



November . 



December. 



April . 

May. 



June. 



July. 



T. E. Quisenberry 
M. L. Quisenberry 

R. H. Searle 

C. T. Patterson . . 
T. W. Noland .... 

J. W. Sallee 

C. S. Little 

Ed. Stanton 

H. W. Rose 

Vera Fellers 

W. W. Beem 

C. G. Doan 

W. S. Gobble 

T. E. Quisenberry. 
M. L. Quisenberry 

R. H. Searle 

C T. Patterson. . . 

C. G. Doan 

Vera Fellers 

T. W. Noland .... 

J. W. Sallee 

Ed. Stanton 

C. S. Little 

H. W. Rose 

W. W. Beem 

W. S. Gobble 

T. E. Quisenberry 
M. L. Quisenberry 

R. H. Searle 

C. T. Patterson. . . 

C. G. Doan 

Vera Fellers 

T. W. Noland . . . 

J. W. Sallee 

Ed. Stanton 

C. S. Little 

H. W. Rose 

W. W. Beem 

W S. Gobble .... 

P. P. Killam 

C. L. Riley 

W. D. Inman. . . . 

C. Riley 

O. E. Higby 

Lon Riley 

Geo. Myers 

J. A. Clary 

Geo Myers 

Lon Riley 

Geo. Myers 

Lon Riley 

E. E. Wagner. . . . 

Geo. Myers 

Lon Riley 

F. M. Exendine. . 

B. Agee 

Lon Riley 

Geo. Myers 

Erskine Harmon . . 

Bert Agee 

Geo. Myers 

Lon Riley 

Lon Riley 

Geo. Myers 

Lon Riley 



$125 

75 

150 

85 

100 

50 

50 

50 

50 

55 

53 

60 

40 

125 

75 

150 

85 

60 

55 

100 

50 

50 

50 

50 

50 

40 

125 

75 

150 

85 

60 

55 

100 

50 

50 

50 

50 

50 

40 

1 

12 

8 

9 

9 

9 

9 

1 

16 

12 

9 

9 

3 

18 

18 

2 

1 

18 

18, 

52. 

9. 

16. 

16. 

4. 

4. 

1. 



.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.50 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.75 
.75 
.25 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.76 
.50 
.75 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
00 
00 
50 
93 
50 
50 
50 
50 
00 



The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 



29 



SALARIES OR EMPLOYEES FUND— Continued. 



August. 
Sept... . 



Nov. 



December. 



F. Durney 

Lon Riley 

C. Quisenberry. . 
J. O. Whleeer . . . 

Geo. Higby 

Geo. Myers 

C. Quisenberry. . 

Lon Riley 

H. Luttrell 

J. J. Brown 

J. E. Smart 

Herschel Luttrell 

Lon Riley 

Geo. Myers 

Total 



$6.25 

43.80 

3.00 

9.00 

6.20 

26.25 

2.50 

31.00 

22.50 

13.54 

12.83 

31.24 

31.83 

28.54 



$11,980.38 



FREIGHT AND EXPRESS FUND. 
Disbursements — 1913. 



January . . 

March .... 

April 

May 

June 

July 

August. . . 

September 
October. . 

November 

December. 



T. O. 
J. H. 
J. H. 
J. H. 
J. H. 
J. H. 
J. H. 
T. B. 
J. H. 
J. H. 
J. H. 
J. H. 
J. H. 
J. H. 
J. H. 
J. H. 
J. H. 
J. H. 
J. H. 
J. H. 
J. H. 
J. H. 
J. H. 
J. H. 



"Williams. . 
Livingston . 
Livingston . 
Livingston . 
Livingston . 
Livinsgton . 
Livingston . 
Elliott 



vingston . 
vingston . 
vingston . 
vingston. 
vingston . 
vingston. 
vingston. 
vingston . 
vingston . 
vingston . 
vingston. 
vingston . 
vingston. 
vingston . 
vingston . 
vingston . 



Total 



$ .85 
26.23 
16.67 
12.21 
71.13 
57.58 
97.89 
1.00 
60.27 
59.77 

121.40 
10.07 
41.62 
14.11 
19.03 
20.69 
25.49 
64.45 
40.81 

142.52 

15.38 

37.40 

21.25 

3.20 



$981.02 



PAINTING BUILDINGS SECOND COAT FUND. 
Disbursements — 1913. 



!v r a y 
June 



G. A. Stanton 

Chester Stanton 

Gambill Hardware Co 
Neighbors Bros 

Total 



SOS 


50 


4 


40 


8 


05 


137 


60 


$248 


55 



30 



The Poultryman's Guide, 1915, 



MAINTENANCE, FEED, SPRAY MATERIAL, REPLENISHING ORCHARD, 
SUPPLIES AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES FUND. 

Disbursements — 1913. 



January , 



February 



March. 



Cleveland Carson 

Mrs. H. C. Kemp 

Corning Co 

Park & Pollard 

Cyphers Incubator Co 

Mountain Grove Creamery 

Ellis Live Stock Company 

Wm. Wetton 

J. B. Hawkins 

J. O. Fox Grocery Co 

Dr. Paul Evans 

Swift & Co 

Judge W. W. Graves 

I. P. Langley 

Steinmesch Feed Co 

J. B. Harris 

Wright County Telephone Co 

Curry & Hubbard 

E. E. Randel 

C. and C. Robinson 

A. F. Collier 

J. B. Sterrett 

Mountain Grove Ice and Electric Co. 

A. A. Davies 

J. A. Clary 

Ellis Live Stock Co 

Mountain Grove Ice and Electric Co. 

J A. Clary 

International Poultry Sales Co 

E. C. McCarroll 

E. W. Chase (Country Gentleman) . . 

Claude Jones 

W. A. Jones 

Carlos Baker 

Cyphers Incubator Co 

E. B. Evans 

Swift & Co 

Ellis Live Stock Co 

J. A. Clary 

Cyphers Incubator Co 

A. F. Collier 

J. A. Clary 

Louis Reese 

Mrs. Jay Rinehart 

Steinmesch Feed Co 

Cyphers Incubator Co 

Wright County Telephone Co 

Claude Jones 

Albert Angell, Jr 

Evan Chase 

Rafferty Hardware Co. 

W. H. Kirkpatrick 

C. H. Deyo 

T. Cadwallader 

Miss Dove Perkins 

G. M. Smith 

John Coates 

L. R. Davis 

J. Fred Ellis 

J. A. Clary 

Oscar Kallman 



$10.00 

15.00 

5.25 

5.50 

16.00 

2.10 

3.00 

15.00 

10.00 

47.23 

2.50 



00 
00 
00 
83 



50 
5 
3 
55 
5.00 
3.55 
2.00 
9.70 
2.00 
6.07 
25.00 
90.33 
15.00 
27.40 
14.84 
6.00 
14.56 
16.00 
2.00 
1.50 
15.00 
4.15 
2.50 
8.30 
1.98 
50.00 
4.80 
31.40 
16.00 
6.07 
17.40 
10.00 
3.00 
6.00 
14.56 
3.40 
15.00 
15.00 
.75 
9.05 
12.00 
3.00 
12.90 
1.50 
.75 
1.50 
3.00 
10.00 
23.40 
3.00 



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31 



MAINTENANCE, FEED, SPRAY MATERIAL, REPLENISHING ORCHARD, SUP- 
PLIES AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES FUND— Continued. 



March 



April. 



May 



John Cassil 

Frank M. Sheffer 

R. S. Leascher 

S. F. Stone 

Geo. M. Smith 

Vera Fellers 

J. R. Little 

Mrs. F. W. Faurot 

Wright County Telephone Co 

Mountain Grove Herald 

Dr. H. U. Daugherty 

E. B. Evans 

Chas. B. Atkinson 

Fairbanks, Morse & Co 

J. A. Clary 

L. R. Davis 

J. M. Rowden 

J. A. Brown 

J. A. Clary 

Wright County Telephone Co 

J. M. Bartholow 

Geo. M. Peters 

John Cassill 

S. L. Russell & Son 

E. B. Hermsdorff 

C. E. Walker Manufacturing Co. 

Queen Incubator Co 

Steinmesch Feed Co 

Swift & Co 

N. B. Shollenberger 

Mrs. Evelyn Shultz 

E. J. Floyd 

Mountain Grove Grocery Co 

Mountain Grove Creamery 

Mountain Grove Ice and Electric Co. 

T. Cadwallader 

Bradley Bros 

Curry & Hubbard 

A. F. Collier 

E. B. Evans 

A. L. Glass 

Geo. C. Grant 

Gambill Hardware Co 

Ellis Live Stock Co 

Howell County Nursery 

C. H. Latham 

Cyphers Incubator Co 

Candler & Son 

Star Mining Co 

Neighbors Bros 

J. A. Clary 

J. O. Fox Grocery Co 

J. M. Stone 

F. S. White 

Wm. P. Stark Nursery Co . . 

S. E. Micham 

C. F. Berry 

G. W. Ruth 

H. E. Borgus 

S. R. Tinsley 

T. Cadwallader 

A. F. Collier 

Cyphers Incubator Co 

Candler & Son 



$5 


.25 


1 


.00 




.75 


6 


.00 




.75 


1 


.00 




.75 


10 


.00 


3 


.95 


3 


.00 


2 


.25 




.75 


1 


.50 




.51 


22 


.65 


3 


.00 


1 


.50 


4 


.50 


27 


.40 


3 


.00 


3 


.95 


5 


.00 


2 


.00 


495 


.60 


3 


.05 


16 


.67 


19 


.60 


92 


.60 


50 


00 


4 


70 


10 


00 


3 


85 


35 


96 


3 


10 


40 


75 


3 


50 


20 


00 


2 


90 


10 


80 


49 


97 


100 


00 


6 


00 


45 


55 


1 


50 


4 


00 


35 


00 


30 


56 


54 


65 


26. 


50 


3. 


60 


26. 


45 


131. 


70 


15. 


00 


2. 


00 


29. 


73 


78. 


00 


42. 


50 


30. 


00 


40. 


00 


22. 


50 


7. 


00 


13. 


40 


16. 


70 


25. 


75 



32 



The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 



MAINTENANCE, FEED, SPRAY MATERIAL, REPLENISHING ORCHARD, SUP- 
PLIES AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES FUND— Continued. 



May. 



June 



July. 



August . 



September . 



Mountain Grove Ice and Electric Co. 

Tom H. Woods 

Geo. A. Evans 

E. E. Randell 

J. A. Clary 

Mountain Grove Grocery Co 

Carlos E. Baker 

Wright County Telephone Co 

Spfd. Seed Co 

Curry & Hubbard 

Field Force Pump Co 

Swift & Co 

Paul Evans 

C. A. Morton 

Gambill Hardware Co 

Ozark Seed Co 

S. L. Russell 

Keyes-Davis Co 

J. W. Key 

A. F. Collier 

C. H. Rogers 

Wright County Telephone Co 

Self-Locking Carton Co 

W. B. Hull 

E. B. Evans 

Cyphers Incubator Co 

J. W. Allen 

Cyphers Incubator Co 

H. P. McClay , 

A. F. Colher 

Gambill Hardware Co 

J. W. Sallee 

D. C. Thorne & Son 

C. Harker 

W. B. Hull 

Gambill Hardware Co 

E. B. Evans 

Self-Locking Carton Co 

Steinmesch Feed Co 

Steinmesch Feed Co 

W. B. Hull 

Florence Home 

Robert Little. 

Wm. I. Fox 

C. Harker 

Wright County Telephone Co 

Landers Lumber Co 

W. H. Kirkpatrick 

E. E. Wagner 

C. Harker 

Florence Home 

J. S. Pennington 

J. W. Sallee 

Mountain Grove Grocery Co 

Neighbors Bros 

Curry & Hubbard 

Carlos E. Baker 

Swift & Co 

Candler & Son 

Steinmesch Feed Co 

Mountain Grove Creamery 

A. F. Collier 

S. W. Grimes 

j Gambill Hardware Co 



$2 


.63 


12 


.50 


3 


.00 


11 


.05 


29 


.41 


6 


.60 


13 


.60 


4 


.20 


17 


.76 


7 


.80 


7 


.25 


50 


.00 


11 


.99 


5 


.50 


25 


.00 




.90 


1 


.34 


33 


.75 




.75 


4 


.85 


2 


.50 


3 


.40 


7 


.77 




.60 


62 


.40 


27 


.45 


20 


00 


54 


.00 


57 


00 


1 


.10 




35 


6 


10 


2 


00 


28 


69 




95 


2 


38 


327 


53 


15 


00 


32 


50 


13 


75 




50 


2 


00 


10 


00 


14 


90 


19 


56 


3 


00 




46 


50. 


00 


1. 


00 


210. 


42 




75 


40. 


00 


4. 


05 


34. 


41 


289. 


40 


24. 


15 


3. 


55 


25. 


00 


3. 


50 


35. 


00 


2. 


50 


8. 


27 




40 


2. 


98 



The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 



33 



MAINTENANCE, FEED, SPRAY MATERIAL, REPLENISHING ORCHARD SUP- 
PLIES AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES FUND— Continued. 



September 



October . 



November 



December 



Gambill Hardware Co 

E. B. Evans 

Florence Home 

C. L. Martin (TEQ) 

S. L. Russell 

Landers Lumber Co 

Sam Nell 

Wright County Telephone Co 

Washburn & Co 

A. F. Collier 

A. F. Collier 

Mountain Grove Ice and Electric Co 

S. R. Talley 

Gambill Hardware Co 

Sam Nell 

C. L. Cunningham 

Tom Denney 

Gambill Hardware Co 

Mountain Grove Ice and Electric Co 

Florence Home 

Fred Kirkpatrick 

Ray Lewis 

J. S. Gladden 

J. H. Livingston 

Wright County Telephone Co 

W. H. Kirkpatrick 

Tom Denney 

M. A. Barnes 

H. C. Williamson 

S. L. Sanders 

W. J. Chambers 

J. Fred Ellis 

S. P. Weatherman 

Sharp & Hubbard 

Steinmesch Feed Co 

E. E. Randell 

Germo Manufacturing Co 

Keyes-Davis Co 

Swift & Co 

Cyphers Incubator Co 

Keyes-Davis Co 

Mountain Grove Creamery 

Mountain Grove Ice and Electric Co 

Carlos E. Baker 

Zenner Disinfectant Co 

E. B. Evans 

D. J. Landers Lumber Co 

Mountain Grove Grocery Co 

G. J. Potter 

T. J. Luttrell & Co 

Mountain Grove Ice and Electric Co 

H. F. Allgerier 

Mountain Grove Creamery 

Mountain Grove Ice and Electric Company 

Frank Shorter 

Carlos Baker 

Gambill Hardware Co 

Gambill Hardware Co 



Total . . 



$6.15 
110.29 

1.50 
38.14 
31.06 

2.80 
21.96 

7.65 

1.00 

6.07 

7.32 
30.62 
21.50 

3.40 
22.32 

7.50 
23.20 

3.40 
30.62 

1.25 
28.00 
33.25 
47.75 

6.17 

4.15 
24.00 
14.20 

7.12 
27.50 
29.50 

7.56 

30.00 

210.13 

15.50 

11.00 

6.55 
10.00 
21.50 
25.00 
12.75 

8.07 
20.11 

9.87 

4.55 
10.00 
350.63 
21.07 
17.08 
31.41 



1 
13 



.50 

.16 

.50 

9.39 

10,12 

1.40 

5.05 

2.90 

.15 

S5 , 720 . 77 



J' 3 



34 



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DETAILED STATEMENT OF DISBURSEMENTS FOR 1914. 

MAIN BUILDING AND FURNISHINGS FUND. 

Disbursements — 1914. 



April 



D. J. Landers Lumber Co., lumber and material. 
Izard & Beauchamp, furniture 



$8.25 
52.10 



$60 . 35 



MACHINERY AND STORAGE ROOM FUND. 

Disbursements — 1914. 



April . . 
October. 



H. H. Latham, hauling lumber, etc 

F. M. Exendine, labor 

F. M. Exendine, carpenter work. . . 
F. M. Exendine, carpenter work. . . 



$2.25 

30.00 

20.00 

5.55 



$57 . 80 



BROODER HOUSE AND BROODING SYSTEM FUND. 
Disbursements— 1914. 



January , . 

February . 

March . . . 
April 

May 

June 

November 



J. F. Home, labor 

J. V. Home, labor 

F. M. Exendine, labor 

Candler & Son, tile 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

J. F. Home, labor 

Fred Kirkpatrick, chat 

D. J. Landers Lumber Co., lumber and material. . 
Simplex Brooder Stove Co., brooder and regulator 

V, B. Cunningham, painting 

Landers Lumber Co., lumber and material 

J. C. Robertson & Co., dry goods 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 



$47.10 

18.00 

10.13 

32.20 

1.41 

16.05 

6.40 

228.26 

17.25 

45.00 

183 . 55 

5.37 

2.39 

$613.11 



LONG BREEDING HOUSE (CORNELL) FUND. 
Disbursements — 1 914. 



March 
April . . 



Landers Lumber Co., building material. . . 
W. H. Kirkpatrick & Bro., concrete walks 
Landers Lumber Co., lumber, etc 



$250.00 
75.00 
31.93 

$356.93 



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FEED HOUSE FUND. 

Disbursements — 1914. 



January 

February 
March. . 

April. . . 

May . . . 
June . . . 



Herschell Lutrell, labor 

J. S. Gladden, labor 

Ray Lewis, labor 

Payne & Allen, painting 

J. S. Gladden, labor 

Ray Lewis, labor 

J. F. Home, labor 

H. H. Latham, hauling lumber, etc 

J. S. Gladden, labor 

G. H. Birchard, plans, etc 

Landers Lumber Co 

E. B. Hermsdorff 



$1.35 
61.75 
59.25 
18.00 
13.75 
21.25 
16.25 
10.50 
10.00 
50.00 
172.94 
6.05 

$441.09 



CORNING LAYING HOUSE FUND. 
Disbursements — 1914. 



March . . . 

April 

September 
October . . 



November 
December 



W. H Kirkpatrick & Bro., concrete work 

F. M. Exendine, labor 

W. H. Kirkpatrick & Bro., concrete work 

J. F. Home, carpenter work 

J. V. Home, carpenter work 

H. F. Snowden. labor 

Chas. Craft, labor 

Glen Snowden, labor 

V. B. Cunningham, painting 

F M. Exendine, labor 

The Atlantic Refining Co., paint 

Landers Lumber Co., building material. . 



$20 . 00 
38.75 
47.90 
29.20 
11.40 
15.40 
15.90 
15.90 
10.00 
10.88 
19.80 

121.56 

$356.69 



HENDWELLS FOR 1000 LAYING HENS FUND. 

Disbursements — 19 1 4 . 



February 
March . . 

April 

June 

August. . 

December 



Raffety Hardware Co., pipe 

Petaluma Inc. Co., trap nests 

F. M. Exendine, labor 

Lon Riley, labor 

Landers Lumber Co., lumber and material 
Alabastine Co., 2 barrels factory whit.e. . 

Landers Lumber Co., lumber, etc 

F. M. Exendine, labor 

J. F. Home, labor 

Landers Lumber Co., building material. . . 



$17 


65 


9 


00 


2 


12 


22 


50 


19 


76 


28 


86 


165 


00 


5 


00 


7 


20 


72 


32 


$349 


41 



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TEN COLONY HOUSES FUND. 

Disbursements — 19 1 4 . 
No checks 1914. 

THREE COWS FUND. 

Disbursements — 1914. 
No checks 1914. 
FENCING, WIRE, GATES, POSTS, ETC., FUND. 
Disbursements — 1914. 



January 
March . 
April. . . 



Lon Riley, labor 

Lon Riley, labor 

Landers Lumber Co., lumber and material 



$5 


40 


17 


55 


15 


00 


S3 7 


95 



February 
June .... 



LARGE INCUBATOR AND HOVER FUND. 
Disbursements — 1914. 



Candee Inc. & Brooder Co., thermometers 

W. W. Grimes, spray pump 

Candler & Son, tile, etc 



$2.25 

1.00 

13.50 



$16.75 



EXTENSION TO WATER AND HEATING SYSTEM FUND. 

Disbursements — 19 1 4 . 
No checks 1914. 



LABORATORY SUPPLIES, INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT FUND. 

Disbursements — 1914. 



March 



E. H. Sargent & Co., laboratory supplies 



$198.27 



OTHER FARM IMPLEMENTS AND FARM TOOLS FUND. 
Disbursements — 1914. 



GRANITOID, CINDER AND GRAVEL WALKS FUND. 

Disbursements — 19 1 4 . 
No checks in 1914. 



July 


Mose Lowther. 1 truck 




$10.00 


December 


Neighbors Implement and Vehicle Co. 


implements, etc 


83.20 




$93 . 20 







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FEED MILL, GASOLINE ENGINE, CLOVER AND STRAW CUTTER, ETC., FUND. 



February. 
March. . . 



April 



May. . . 

August 



Skillin & Richards Mfg. Co 

Gutta Percha Rubber Co 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

Medart Pat. Pulley Co., equipment 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

O. E. Thompson & Sons, root cutter 

G. H. Birchard, machinery 

Mountain Grove Ice & Electric Co., 10 H. P. motor, etc. 

J. H. Livingston 

Hastings Foundry and Iron Works 



$15.66 

31.90 

35.75 

13.02 

6.04 

12.00 

27.50 

160 . 50 

.65 

1.00 

$304 . 02 



EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS, MODELS, CHARTS, LANTERN SLIDES, PICTURE 

REELS, ETC., FUND. 

Disbursements — 1914. 



February 



March 



April 

May 

July 

August 

September 

November 



Western Union Telegraph Co., telegrams. . . . 

W. B. Saunders Co., books 

T. Cadwallader, leg bands 

T. E. Quisenberry, meeting Mo. car lot Assn 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

C. T. Patterson, travelling expenses 

F, S. Love, Mgr., telegrams 

E. J. Ruliffson, travelling expenses 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

Universal Film Co., chicken industry reel. . . 

H. H. Latham, hauling lumber, etc 

W. W. Beem, making exhibits 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

Reliable Poultry Journal, breed books 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

Claude Jones, photos 

J. F. Home, labor 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

Claude Jones, photos 

Geo. Beuoy, expense field meetings 

Central Lum&er Co., lumber, etc., state fair 
J. H. Livingston, freight and express 



$1.49 

9.00 

9.00 

50.00 

.50 

50.00 

1.75 

152.72 



.95 

,84 



75.00 
1.00 

18.85 

4.30 

4.55 

.23 

10.00 
6.60 
3.53 
1.50 

19.31 

4.24 

.50 



$430 . 86 



LARGE CAMERA AND PHOTO SUPPLIES FUND. 
Disbursements — 1914. 



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JUDGES, LECTURERS, PREMIUMS, COOPS, ETC., STATE POULTRY SHOW 

FUND. 

Disbursements — 1914. 



January 



February 



March 

April . 

May. . 
June. . 



July 

September 
October. . . 

November 



B. F. McDaniel, premiums 

G. W. Cole, premiums 

A. S. Ray, premiums 

Jno. F. Bruns, premiums 

A. C. Tagtmeyer, premiums 

A. W. Gruebble, premiums 

Meyer Bros., premiums 

W. Z. Griffin, premiums 

M. E. Fulbright, premiums 

J. R. Mooney, premiums 

Mrs. A. M. McFadden, premiums 

E. W. Hink, premiums 

Judge W. W. Graves, premiums 

J. F. McBride, premiums 

Sidney W. Schmidt, premiums 

Sidney W. Schmidt, premiums 

Everman & Everman, premiums 

V. D. "Wall, premiums 

E. K. Craft, premiums 

Chas. E. Devasher, premiums 

J. D. Conrad, premiums 

W. J. Schwertferger, premiums 

D. S. Browning, premiums 

Mrs. Lena C. Bray, premiums 

W. F. Smith, premiums 

Mrs. Stant Brown, premiums 

F. B. Farris, premiums 

Mrs. R. Lee Alferd, premiums 

E. N. Hodge, premiums 

Chas. Ragsdale, premiums 

J. H. Hanly, premiums 

Empire Cooping Co., coops state show 

F. C. Bayles, premiums 

Jeff Merritt, premiums 

C. O. Wilson, premiums 

S. W. Schmidt, premiums 

F. W. Everman, premiums 

E. L. Reed, premiums 

J. E. Johnson, premiums 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

W. E. McDonald, premiums 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express. . 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

Gardner Supply Co., stationery and supplies. . . 
Gardner Supply Co., stationery and supplies. . . 
Gardner Supply Co., stationery and supplies. . . 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

R. H. Searle, expense to St. Louis 

J. L. Smith, maps 

V. H. Southard, expenses 

J. W. Allen, stamps 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

T. E. Quisenberry, expense State Sair 

C. T. Patterson, expense State Sair 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

Doubleday , Page & Co., book 

T. E. Quisenberry, expense St. Louis and return 
C. T. Patterson, lectures 



$3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
9.00 
3.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
6.00 
3.00 
3.00 
387.20 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
.55 
3.00 

15.13 
6.31 

11.60 
4.30 
4.50 

45.43 
9.97 

16.68 
2.00 
3.67 

40.00 
1.93 
4.28 

5000 

25.00 
1.08 

26.28 
1.80 

20.00 

75.05 



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JUDGES, LECTURERS, PREMIUMS, COOPS. ETC., STATE POULTRY SHOW 

FUND — Continued. 



November . 



December. 



T. W. Noland, lectures 

Archias Seed Store, flowers State Fair 

Henry Holt & Co., book 

Orange Judd Co., book 

Underwood Typewriter Co., ribbon coupon book 

C. T. Patterson, poultry lectures, etc 

C. T. Patterson, expense state show 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

T. E. Quisenberry, expense state show 

M. L Quisenberry, expense state show 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

J. W. Jackson, judging 

T. E. Quisenberry, state show 

M. L. Quisenberry, state show 

Vera Fellers, state show 

C. T. Patterson, state show 

C. G. Doan, state show 

T. W. Noland, expense state show 

J. P. Gilbert, premiums 

Mrs. F. W. Gloeckner, premiums 

Crystal White Orpington Farm, premiums 

W. R. Kendall, premiums 

R. E. Walsh, premiums 

Mrs. J. J. Holmes, premiums 

Chas. J. Labahn, premiums 

Rancocas Poultry Farm, premiums 

John J. Schmidt, premiums 

J. L. and L. R. Teckenbrock premiums 

Everman & Everman, premiums 

T. L. Ricksecker, premiums 

Edw. W. Mahood, premiums 

Herman Seaver, premiums 

Dr. Jules Baron, premiums 

Fred B. Campbell, premiums 

Mrs. W. B. Popham, premiums 

W. W. Henderson, premiums 

C. H. Kleinschmidt, premiums 

Louis Rausch, premiums 

Henry V. Voss, premiums 

E. A. Webb, premiums 

W. C. Loney, premiums 

P. W. Parker, premiums 

G. K. Worden, premiums 

Geo. J. Deuber & Son, premiums 

Theo. R. Drewes, premiums 

Schapper & Steffen, premiums 

Pratt Brown 

Dr. C. R. Watson, premiums 

G. M. Sprout, premiums 

W. C. Hengen, premiums 

J. M. Clark, premiums 

W. C. Hunter, premiums 

J. W. Cruzan, premiums 

R. B. Etherington, premiums 

Otto B. Cannon, premiums 

Clarence W- Adams, premiums 

Mrs. R. Lee Alford, premiums 

Minnie B. Hudson, premiums 

H. E. Errett, premiums 

Elton C. Mahon, premiums 

A. H. Weisburg, premiums 

B. L. Pavey, premiums 

Otto Zimmerman, premiums 

Dr. Harry Philp, premiums 



$50 

4 

3 

1 

3 

25 

50 

121 

100 

25 

2 

5 

125 

75 

30 

75 

30 

36 

10 

7 

2 

13 

3 

1 

5 

7 

4 

6 

6 

15 

24 

3 

2 

6 

2 

8 

2 

2 

3 

10 

1 

9 

7 

1 

1 

3 

11 

13 

4 

1 

2 

4 

1 

4 

4 

4 

7 

1 

5 

6 

11 

2 

1 

1 



.00 
.20 
.60 
.13 
.75 
.26 
.00 
.21 
.00 
.00 
.93 
.36 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.90 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.50 
.50 
.50 
.50 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.25 
.00 
.50 
.25 
.00 
.50 
.00 
.00 
.50 
.00 
.50 
.50 
.50 
.50 
.60 
.68 
.36 
.36 
.00 
.00 
.00 



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JUDGES, LECTURERS, PREMIUMS, COOPS, ETC., STATE POULTRY SHOW 

FUND — Continued. 



December . 



Dr. L. D. Le Gear, premiums. . . 

L. H. Wible, premiums 

Chas. R. Kalb, premiums 

Mrs. W. A. Wright, premiums. . . 
Mrs. Frank H. Miller, premiums 
Aug. Poetting & Son, premiums. 

Ernest Massey, premiums 

M. M. Anderson, premiums 

Beatrice Mansfield, premiums . . . 
R. K. Beeler, premiums 



$16.50 
6.50 
2.00 
6.50 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
4.50 
4.50 
2.50 

!,008.70 



PRINTING BULLETINS AND ANNUAL REPORTS FUND. 
Disbursements, — 1914. 



February 



March . . . 
April 

June 

July 

October . . 
November 
December 



A. A. Coult, photos 

Capper Engraving Co., cuts 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express. . . 
J. H. Livingston, freight and express. . . 
J. H. Livingston, freight and express. . . 

Claude Jones, photos 

E. E. Knight, photos 

Capper Engraving Co., half tones, etc. . 
Teachernor-Bartberger, half tones, etc. 

A. A. Coult, photos 

St. Louis Photo Engrav. Co., half tones 

Frank Ed Mixa, illustrations 

A. A. Coult, photos 

Spicer & Bumbarger, photos 

Lillian A. Dore, transc. lecture 

Capper Engraving Co., cuts, etc 

Teachenor-Bartberger, cuts, etc 

Spicer & Bumbarger, photos 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express. . . 



$7.50 

89.30 
1.26 
1.57 

41.84 
7.00 
1.50 

16.10 
112.33 



00 
50 



16.00 

1.50 

25.50 

5.00 

250.00 

250.00 

9.00 

10.05 

$849 . 95 



POSTAGE ON SAME AND FOR CORRESPONDENCE FUND. 

Disbursements — 1914. 



January . 



February 



March 



J. W. Allen, stamps 
J. W. Allen, stamps 
J. W. Allen, stamps 
J. W. Allen, stamps 
J. W. Allen, stamps 
J. W. Allen, stamps 
J. W. Allen, stamps 
J. W. Allen, stamps 
J. W. Allen, stamps 
J. W. Allen, stamps 
J. W. Allen, stamps 
J. W. Allen, stamps 
J. W. Allen, stamps 
J. W. Allen, stamps 



$20 . 00 
5.00 
25.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
20.00 
40.00 
40.00 



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POSTAGE OF SAME AND CORRESPONDENCE FUND— Continued. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August. . . . 
September . 

October . . 



W. 
W. 

w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 
w. 



Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allan 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 
Allen 



stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

postals 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

postals 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

postals 

stamps 

postal cards 

postage and post cards 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 

box rent 

stamps 

stamps 

stamps 



$50.00 
10.00 
40.00 
20.00 

2.00 
30.00 
10.00 
30.00 
20.00 
20.00 
20.00 
20.00 
20.00 
10.00 
20.00 

2.00 

6.00 
10.00 
20.00 
18.63 

5.28 
22.15 
25.00 

7.17 
25.00 
25.00 
15.00 
33.00 
25.00 



00 
11 



20.00 
11.60 
10.00 
10.00 
20.00 
20.00 
15.00 
10.00 
25.00 
10.00 
50.00 
20.00 
20.00 
1.00 
20.00 
20.00 
30.00 



SI, 114. 94 



EXPENSE OF MEMBERS STATE BOARD ATTENDING MEETINGS FUND. 

Disbursements — 1914. 



January . 
February 



July 

September 

December . 



V. O. Hobbs, traveling expenses 

A. A. Coult, traveling expenses 

E. C. McCarroll, traveling expenses. 
Jewell Mayes, traveling expenses . . . 
J. W. Allen, stamps for members . . . 
W. C. Knorpp, traveling expenses. . 
Jewell Mayes, expense state show. . . 



$16.00 
24.70 
26.51 
18.40 
40.00 
29.00 
19.84 

$174.45 



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STATIONERY, SUPPLIES, ETC. FUND. 
Disbursements — 1914. 



February , 



March 



April . 



May. 
June. 



Gardner Supply Co., paper 

John H. Robinson, library book 

Underwood Typewriter Co., payment on typewriter. 

W. E. Krebs, supplies 

Underwood Typewriter Co., ribbon coupon book. . . . 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

Comrades Mfg. Co., ball bearings for office chair. . . . 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

Underwood Typewriter Co., payments on typewriter 

Keyes-Davis Co., leg bands 

Underwood Typewriter Co., payment on typewriter. 
Underwood Typewriter Co., payment on typewriter. 
Underwood Typewriter Co., payment on typewriter. 
Underwood Typewriter Co., payment on typewriter. 
Underwood Typewriter Co., balance on typewriter. . 

American Mult. Sales Co., mult, ribbon 

Gardner Supply Co., stationery 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

J A. Wheeler, payment on typewriter 



$1.49 

1.65 

10.00 

2.50 

3.75 

1.40 

.27 

.63 

20.00 

1.25 

10.00 

10.00 

10.00 

10.00 

10.25 

1.55 

1.70 

.86 

12.50 



$109.80 



POULTRY INSTITUTES, EDUCATION WORK, TRAVELING EXPENSES OF 
SECRETARY, DISTRIBUTION OF EGGS, ETC. FUND. 

Disbursement — 1914. 



January 



February . . 

June 

August. . . . 

September. 



October 



C. T. Patterson, expenses Pomona 

T. E. Quisenberry, traveling expenses 

T. E. Quisenberry, education and inst. work 
Mrs. W. G. Robinson, experimental stock. . . 

Claude Jones, photos 

Claude Jones, photos 

W. A. King, livery (Stanton) 

J. B. Sterrett, expense secy, bond 

J. H. Livingston, freight and express 

V. H. Southard, balance of salary 

F. S. Love, Mgr., telegrams 

T. E. Quisenberry, expense field meetings. . . 

F. S. Love, Mgr., telegrams 

C. T. Patterson, expenses 

C. T. Patterson, Dem. work state fair 

Edw. F. Stanton, expenses 



$5.00 
100 . 00 

50.00 
5.00 
3.50 
3.50 
3.00 

25.00 
.90 

25.00 
6.76 

75.00 
1.07 

13.42 

40.00 

25.00 

$382.15 



SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES FUND. 
Disbursements — 1914. 



January . 



T. E. Quisenberry. 
M. L. Quisenberry 

R. H. Searle 

C. T. Patterson. . . 

C. G. Doan 

Vera Fellers 

T. W. Noland 

J. W. Sallee 



$125.00 
75.00 

150.00 
85.00 
60.00 
55.00 

100.00 
50.00 



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SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES FUND— Continued. 



January 


Ed Stanton 


$50 . 00 




C. S. Little 


50.00 




H. W. Rose 


50.00 




W. W. Beam 


50.00 




W. S. Gobble 


50.00 




Dr. E. J. Butzke 


50.00 


February 


Geo. Myers 


14 . 63 




Lon Riley 


14.03 




J. W. Sawyer 


24.60 


March . 


T. E. Quisenberry 


125.00 




M. L. Quisenberry 


75.00 




R. H. Searle 


150.00 




C. T. Patterson 


85.00 




C. G. Doan 


60.00 




Vera Fellers 


55.00 




T. W. Noland 


100.00 




J. W. Sallee 


50.00 




Ed Stanton 


50.00 




C. S. Little 


50.00 




H. W. Rose 


50.00 




W. W. Beam 


50.00 




W. S. Gobble 


50.00 




Dr. E. J. Butzke 


50.00 




R. H. Hicks 


2.00 




E. J. Ruliffson 


100.00 




Erskine Harmon 


4.50 




T. E. Quisenberry 


5.25 




Fannie Roam 


3.00 




T. E. Quisenberry 


125.00 




M. L. Quisenberry 

R. H. Searle 


75.00 
150.00 




C. T. Patterson 


85.00 




C. G. Doan 


60.00 




Vera Fellers 


55.00 




T. W. Noland 


100 . 00 




J. W. Sallee 


50.00 




Ed Stanton 


50.00 




C. S. Little 


50.00 




H. W. Rose 


50.00 




W. W. Beam 


50.00 




W. S. Gobble 


50.00 




John Booker 


15.00 




Geo. Myers 


36.75 


April 


J. W. Sawyer 


38.78 




C. G. Haymond 


75.00 




Dr. P. T. Woods 

J. B. Clark 


100 . 00 
2.70 




A. B. Bartholow 


2.70 




W. M. Carder 


2.70 




Jim Carder 


5.25 




W. C . Fox 


6.00 




R. T. Sullens 


9.00 




T. M. Bloomer 


9.00 




R. T. Sullens 


6.00 




T. M. Bloomer 


6.00 




Dr. P. T. Woods 


117.72 




T. E. Quisenberry 


125.00 




M. L. Quisenberry 


75.00 




R. H. Searle 


150.00 




C. T. Patterson 


100 . 00 




C. G. Doan 


60.00 




Vera Fellers 


55.00 




T. W. Noland 


100 . 00 




J. W. Sallee 


50.00 




Ed Stanton , 


50.00 



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SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES FUND— Continued. 



April. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



August . 



September . 



C. S. Little 

H. W. Rose 

W. W. Beam 

W. S. Gobble 

J. W. Sawyer 

Geo. Myers 

Lon Riley 

W. S. Gobble 

Carleton Quisenberry 

W. W. Beam 

T. E. Quisenberry. . . . 
M. L. Quisenberry. . . 

R. H. Searle 

C. T. Patterson 

C. G. Doan 

Vera Fellers 

T. W. Noland 

J. W. Sallee 

Ed Stanton 

C. S. Little 

H. W. Rose 

Carleton Quisenberry. 

Dr. E. J. Butzke 

J. C. Clipp 

T. E. Quisenberry. . . 
M. L. Quisenberry . . . 

C. T. Patterson 

C. G. Doan 

Vera Fellers 

T. W. Noland 

J. W. Sallee 

Ed Stanton 

C. S. Little 

H. W. Rose 

Carleton Quisenberry . 

Dr. E. J. Butzke 

Lon Riley 

George Stanton 

Geo. Myers 

C. S. Little 

Frank Ed Mixa 

T. E. Quisenberry. . . 
M. L. Quisenberry. . . 
Carleton Quisenberry. 

C. T. Patterson 

Vera Fellers 

C. G. Doan 

T. W. Noland 

Ed. Stanton 

J. W. Sallee 

H. W. Rose 

Bertha Jane Evans . . . 
T. E. Quisenberry. . . 
M. L. Quisenberry. . . 

C. T. Patterson 

Nellie Noe 

Vera Fellers 

T. W. Noland 

C. G. Doan 

Ed Stanton 

Geo. Stanton 

H. W. Rose 

J. W. Sallee 

Harry Phillips 

Dr. E. J. Butzke 



$50 

50 

50 

50 

33 

50 

46 

25 

10 

50 

125 

75 

150 

100 

60 

55 

100 

50 

50 

50 

50 

7 

150 

65 

125 

75 

100. 

60. 

55. 

100. 

50. 

50. 

50. 

50. 

27. 

150. 

57. 

29. 

58. 

15. 

125. 

125. 

75. 

35. 

75. 

51. 

60. 

100. 

50. 

50. 

50. 

3. 

125. 

75. 

75. 

5. 

55. 

50. 

30. 

50. 

26. 

50. 

50. 

40. 

100. 



.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.25 
.50 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.50 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.30 
.25 
05 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
67 
00 
00 
00 
00 



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45 



SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES FUND— Continued. 



September 


V. H. Southard 


$20.00 




Lon Riley 


39.00 




Geo. Myers 


39.00 




H. S. Glenn 


3.75 




Geo. Beuoy 


75.00 


October 


T. E. Quisenberry 


125.00 




M. L. Quisenberry 


75.00 




C. T. Patterson 


75.00 




Vera Fellers 


40.00 




T. W. Noland 


50.00 




C. G. Doan 


30.00 




Geo. Stanton 


20.00 




H. W. Rose 


25.00 




J. W. Sallee 


25.00 




Harry Phillips 


20.00 




Lon Riley 


20.00 




Geo. Myers 


20.00 




Ed Stanton 


75.00 




Dr. E. J. Butzke 


75.00 


November. . . . 


T. E. Quisenberry 


125.00 




M. L. Quisenberry 


75.00 




Vera Fellers 


55.00 




C. G. Doan 


30.00 




Geo. Stanton 


20.00 




H. W. Rose 


25.00 




J. "W. Sallee 


25.00 




Harry Phillips 


40.00 


November 


Geo. Myers. . 


20.00 




C. Riley 


38 . 13 




Lon Riley 


25.80 


December 


Geo. Stanton 


20.00 




H. W. Rose 


25.00 




J. "W. Sallee 


25.00 




Harry Phillips 


20.00 




Geo. Myers 


20.00 




Lon Riley 


20.00 




T. E. Quisenberry 


125.00 




M. L. Quisenberry 


75.00 




$10,060.81 



FREIGHT AND EXPRESS FUND. 
Disbursements — 1914. 




PAINTING BUILDINGS SECOND COAT FUND. 
Disbursements — 1914. 
No checks for 1914. 



46 



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MAINTENANCE, PEED, SPRAY MATERIAL, REPLENISHING ORCHARD, SUP- 
PLIES, AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES FUND. 

Disbursements — 1914. 



January 



February. 



March 



April 



May. 



June. 



Carleton Quisenberry 

Luther Baney 

George Myers 

Steinmesch Feed Co 

Farmers store 

S. L. Russell 

Florence Home 

Tom Denney 

Wright Co. Telephone Co 

J. A. Chase Agent for H. P. McClay 
Mountain Grove Ice & Electric Co. . 

Cyphers Inc. Co 

Depuy & Good 

J. H. Livingston 

Shorter & Duckworth 

S. L. Russell & Son 

J. H. Livingston 

J. H. Livingston 

Mountain Grove Creamery 

Wright Co. Telephone Co 

J. H. Livingston 

Standard Oil Co 

W. S. Candler & Son & Co 

E. B. Evans 

E. B. Evans 

Darling & Co 

J. A. Clary 

J. H. Livingston 

J. A. Clary 

Mountain Grove Ice & Electric Co. . 

J. Fred Ellis 

H. H. Latham 

Wm. I. Fox 

J. M. Bartholow 

Wright Co. Telephone Co 

D. J. Landers Lumber Co 

Steinmesch Feed Co 

E. B. Evans 

Standard Oil Co 

Steinmesch Feed Co 

Cyphers Inc. Co 

Darling & Co 

T. Cadwallader 

S. L. Russell & Son 

Mountain Grove Creamery 

Key-Baker Inv. Co 

Merck & Co 

Hall Drug Co 

Sharp & Hubbard 

E. B. Evans 

F. M. Shorter 

Mountain Grove Ice & Electric Co. . 

Florence Home 

Wright Co. Telephone Co 

S. L. Russell 

J. H. Livingston 

E. B. Evans 

J. H. Livingston 

J. A. Wheeler 

Mountain Grove Ice & Electric Co. . 
J. A. Chase, agent for H. P. McClay 
Wright Co. Telephone Co 



S 5 

21 

21 

74 

107 

10 

1 

7 

12 

210 

12 

46 

2 

8 

1 

78 

8 

25 

3 

3 

8 

80 

292 

324 

8 
29 

4 

24 

$19 

20. 

12. 

5. 

5. 

3. 

9. 

14. 

350. 

8. 

9. 

1. 
28. 

9. 
22. 
56. 
20. 
25. 

5. 

25. 

201. 

1. 

9. 

2. 

3. 
30. 

9. 
81. 

1. 
10. 

8. 
50. 

4. 



.50 
.98 
.98 
.19 
.50 
.97 
.50 
.46 
.50 
.75 
.50 
.40 
.00 
.60 
.60 
.92 
.74 
.42 
.00 
.25 
.30 
.88 
.00 
.75 
.49 
.40 
.11 
.36 
.00 
.00 
.90 
.00 
.13 
.25 
.60 
.88 
.00 
.04 
.88 
.40 
.89 
.05 
.00 
.04 
.00 
.90 
.25 
.32 
.05 
.45 
.65 
47 
75 
25 
64 
22 
70 
60 
00 
15 
00 
15 



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47 



MAINTENANCE, FEED, SPRAY MATERIAL, REPLENISHING ORCHARD, SUP- 
PLIES, AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES FUND— Continued. 



June 



July 



August . 



September 



October 



No\ ember 



December 



J. H. Story 

S. L. Russell 

F. S. Love, Mgr 

C. Harker 

J. H. Livingston 

P. P. Killam 

S. L. Russell & Son 

R. M. Perkins 

Albert Harvey 

John Clark 

Jack Coats 

Jim Carder 

D. L. Nevels 

Calvin Riley 

Mose Riley 

Ace Riley 

C. C. Atkisson 

Alec Riley 

R. W. Inman 

Fred Kirkpatrick 

W. E. DeMotte 

Mountain Grove Ice & Electric Co. 

J. E. Smart 

Fred Kirkpatrick 

S. L. Russell 

Swift & Co 

Darling & Co 

J. H. Livingston 

Wright Co. Telephone Co 

J. A. Lee 

George Stanton 

Lon Riley 

Geo. Myers 

A. E. Russell 

Mountain Grove Ice & Electric Co. 

Spratt's Patent 

Fred Kirkpatrick 

Standard Oil Co 

J. H. Livingston 

S. L. Russell 

Frank Newton 

C. Harker 

Mountain Grove Groc. Co 

Wright Co. Telephone Co 

E. B. Evans 

Chas. Hamilton 

S. L. Russell 

J. J. Morris 

.1. If. Livingston 

Wright Co. Telephone Co 

S. L. Russell 

Mountain Grove Ice & Electric Co. 

Standard Oil Co 

Swift & Co 

8, L. Russell 

Mountain Grove Ice & Electric Co. 

J. W. Sherrell 

Ellis, Wallace & Treon 

P. S. Love, Mgr 

J. H. Livingston 

.1. II. Livingston 

Ace Riley 

J. S. Hitchcock 



$1.50 


10.36 


4.53 


20.00 


4.85 


151.78 


21.99 


22.25 


.75 


.75 


1.75 


1.75 


.75 


1.50 


1.78 


1.50 


1.50 


1.50 


1.50 


6.00 


39.80 


3.95 


33.32 


10.50 


10.18 


50.00 


10.50 


.69 


6.85 


1.25 


38.25 


30.75 


31.80 


.55 


6.63 


13.50 


21.68 


4.07 


7.73 


5.95 


6.00 


120.00 


200 . 00 


4.75 


200 . 00 


49 . 50 


10.07 


1.00 


14.86 


3 . 95 


2.66 


12.07 


3.52 


50.00 


2.45 


8.75 


13.60 


61.90 


1.35 


.73 


12.15 


.65 


.65 



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MAINTENANCE, FEED, SPRAY MATERIAL, REPLENISHING ORCHARD, SUP- 
PLIES, AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES FUND— Continued. 



December . 



Cyphers Inc. Co 

Mountain Grove Ice & Electric Co. . 

Wright Co. Telephone Co 

Neighbors Implement & Vehicle Co 



$11.55 

8.38 

7.90 

33.63 

$3,933.94 



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Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Poultry 
Board and the Director of the State Poultry 
Experiment Station . 

To the Governor, the Members of the Forty-eighth General Assembly 
and the Farmers and Poultry Raisers of Missouri. 

Results of our Experiments. 

The creation and establishment of the Missouri State 
Poultry Experiment Station at Mountain Grove and the 
appropriation of sufficient funds to equip and maintain the same, 
has made it possible for this institution to undertake the solution 
of many problems that are of vital interest to one of the greatest 
industries in the State, and which means the saving of thousands, 
and hundreds of thousands, and even millions of dollars to the 
farmers and poultry raisers of Missouri. 

We will explain briefly a few of the things which have been 
undertaken and some of more important things which have 
already been determined as a result of the work at this place. 

Missouri National Egg-Laying Contest. 

We have conducted three of the largest and most successful 
egg laying contests ever held in any country. In England, 
Australia, and New Zealand, such competitions have done 
more to stimulate an interest in selection and breeding for egg 
production; have done more to increase an interest in better 
methods of breeding; feeding, housing and rearing; more to 
stimulate an interest in winter egg production and increased 
profits, than anything else ever undertaken in those countries 
along poultry lines. In the first contest we had 600 hens, in 
the second 720, and in the third, which just closed, we had 
1,040 hens. These fowls came from all parts of Missouri, twenty- 
six other states, and from seven foreign countries. Careful 
daily records were kept for the three years as to the feeds, 
care, methods of breeding, weight of the fowls, weight of eggs, 

p — 4 



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and many other things which we thought might be of interest 
or benefit. 

The variety, the eggs laid by each variety, the weight of 
the eggs, and the food consumed by six hundred hens in one 
section of the last contest is shown by the following table. 
There were ten hens in each pen, or a total of thirty hens of each 
variety. Each of the three pens was owned by different breeders 
and the results as given are a fair representation of the records 
made in the two previous competitions. 



Pen No. 


Variety 


Grain 
eaten 


Mash 
eaten 


Weight 
of Hens 


No. of 

Eggs 


Weight of 
each egg 



3 
6 


Foreign S. C. W. Leg 

Foreign S. C. W. Leg 

Foreign S. C. W. Leg 

Totals 


510 lbs. 
490 lbs. 
510 lbs. 


385 lbs. 
230 lbs. 
190 lbs. 


38 lbs. 

41 lbs. 

41.5 lbs. 


2296 
1660 
1617 


2.15 oz. 
2.02 oz. 
2.25 oz. 




1510 lbs. 


805 lbs. 


120 . 5 lbs. 


5573- 


- 




Average per he.n 




50.3 lbs. 


26 . 8 lbs. 


4 lbs. 


186 


2 . 14 oz. 


9 
12 
15 


American S. C. W. Leg. . . 
American S. C .W Leg . . 
American S. C. W. Leg. . . 

Totals 


525 lbs. 
495 lbs. 
480 lbs. 


285 lbs. 
190 lbs. 
240 lbs. 


44.51 lbs. 
43 . 5 lbs. 
39 . 5 lbs. 


1821 
1422 
1487 


2.2 oz. 
2.1 oz. 
2.1 oz. 




1500 lbs. 


715 lbs. 


127.5 lbs. 


4730 






Average per hen 






50 lbs. 


23 . 8 lbs. 


4.25 lbs. 


158 


2.13 oz 


1 

4 

7 


S. C. Buff Leghorns 

S. C. Buff Leghorns 

S. C. Buff Leghorns 

Totals 

Average per hen 


425 lbs. 
455 lbs. 
475 lbs. 


210 lbs. 
180 lbs. 
140 lbs. 


40.25 lbs. 
38.75 lbs. 
38.50 lbs. 


1560 
1522 
1538 


2.17 oz. 
1.95 oz. 
2.07 oz. 




1355 lbs. 


520 lbs. 


117.50 lbs. 


4620 






45 . 2 lbs. 


18 lbs. 


3.92 lbs. 


154 


2.06 oz. 


2 


Anconas 


500 lbs. 
490 lbs. 
435 lbs. 


200 lbs. 
205 lbs. 
190 lbs. 


40. lbs. 
40.75 lbs. 
36.75 lbs. 


1586 
1637 
1640 


2.22 oz. 


5 


Anconas 


2.49 oz. 


8 


Anconas 

Totals 


2.17oz. 




1425 lbs. 


595 lbs. 


127.50 lbs. 


4S63 






Average per hen 






47.5 lbs. 


19.8 lbs. 


4.25 lbs. 


162 


2.29 oz. 


10 


Campines 


450 lbs. 
475 lbs. 
455 lbs. 


120 lbs. 
195 lbs. 
240 lbs. 


37.25 lbs. 
34.50 lbs. 
37.50 lbs. 


1386 
1422 
1235 


1.81 oz. 


13 


Campines 


2. 18 oz. 


16 


Campines 

Totals 

Average per hen 


2.22 oz. 




1380 lbs. 


555 lbs 


109.25 lbs. 


4043 






46 lbs. 


18.5 lbs. 


3.64 lbs. 


135 


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51 



Pen No. 


Variety 


Grain 
Eaten 


Mash 
Eaten 


Weight 
of hens 


No.of 

Eggs 


Weight of 
each egg 


18 
21 
24 


White Wyandottes 

White Wyandottes 

White Wyandottes 

Totals 


545 lbs. 
485 lbs. 
505 lbs. 


290 lbs. 
325 lbs. 
240 lbs. 


55.25 lbs. 
62.50 lbs. 
50.50 lbs. 


2006 
1641 
2047 


2.07 oz. 
2.26 oz. 
1.9 oz. 




1535 lbs. 


855 lbs. 


168.25 lbs. 


5694 






Average per hen 






51 lbs. 


28 . 5 lbs. 


5.61 lbs. 


190 


2.08 oz. 


19 
22 
25 


Buff Wyandottes 

Buff Wyandottes 

Totals 


495 lbs. 
505 lbs. 
470 lbs. 


195 lbs. 
370 lbs. 
215 lbs. 


48.00 lbs. 
68. lbs. 
56.25 lbs. 


1679 
1720 
1666 


2. oz. 
1.9 oz. 
1.94 oz. 




1470 lbs. 


780 lbs. 


172.25 lbs. 


5065 






Average per hen 






49 lbs. 


26 lbs. 


5.74 lbs. 


169 


1.95 oz. 


20 
23 
26 


Silver Wyandottes 

Silver Wyandottes 

Totals 


430 lbs. 
475 lbs. 
510 lbs. 


255 lbs. 
185 lbs. 
205 lbs. 


51.50 lbs. 
52.00 lbs. 
49.50 lbs. 


1666 
1764 
1570 


2.l7oz. 
2.03 oz. 
2.01 oz. 




1415 lbs. 


645 lbs. 


153.00 lbs. 


5000 






Average per hen 






47 . 2 lbs. 


21.5 lbs. 


5.1 lbs. 


167 


2.07 oz. 


27 
31 
35 


Black Langshans 

Totals 


525 lbs. 
530 lbs. 
530 lbs. 


360 lbs. 
480 lbs. 
460 lbs. 


69.50 lbs. 
74.50 lbs. 
70.00 lbs. 


1413 
1592 
1717 


2.18 oz. 
2.35 oz. 
2.28 oz. 




1585 lbs. 


1300 lbs. 


214.00 lbs. 


4722 






Average per hen 






52.8 lbs. 


43 . 3 lbs. 


7.1 lbs. 


157 


2.27 oz. 


28 
32 


Buff Orpingtons 

Buff Orpingtons 


530 lbs. 
510 lbs. 
490 lbs. 


265 lbs. 
355 lbs. 
355 lbs. 


61. lbs. 
65.75 lbs. 
76.75 lbs. 


1525 
1715 
1657 


2. 12 oz. 
2.2 oz. 


36 


Buff Orpingtons 

Totals 


2.24 oz. 




1530 lbs. 


975 lbs. 


203.50 lbs. 


4897 






Average per hen 






51 lbs. 


32.5 lbs. 


6.78 lbs. 


163 


2.19 oz. 


29 
33 
37 


Black Orpingtons 

Black Orpingtons 

Black Orpingtons 

Totals 


480 lbs. 
455 lbs. 
430 lbs. 


310 lbs. 
320 lbs. 
240 lbs. 


59.50 lbs. 
74.50 lbs. 
63.00 lbs. 


1332 
1382 
1448 


2.22 oz. 
2.15 oz. 
1.93 oz. 




1365 lbs. 


870 lbs. 


197. lbs. 


4162 






Average per hen 






45 . 5 lbs. 


29 lbs. 


6.57 lbs. 


139 


2.1 oz. 


30 
34 
38 


White Orpingtons 

White Orpingtons 

Totals 


490 lbs. 
470 lbs. 
530 lbs. 


370 lbs. 
470 lbs. 
285 lbs. 


64. lbs. 
78.25 lbs. 
66. lbs. 


1227 
1494 
1576 


2.13 oz. 
2.36 oz. 
2. 16 oz. 




1490 lbs. 


1125 lbs. 


208.25 lbs. 


4297 






Average per hen 






49.7 lbs. 


37.5 lbs. 


6.94 lbs. 


143 


2.22 oz. 



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Pen No. 


Variety. 


Grain 
Eaten 


Mash 
Eaten 


Weight 
of hens 


No. of 
Eggs 


Weight of 
each egg 


39 
43 


S. C. Reds 

S. C. Reds 


500 lbs. 
505 lbs. 
540 lbs. 


335 lbs. 
480 lbs. 
385 lbs. 


67.25 lbs. 
63.50 lbs. 
50.25 lbs. 


1652 
1484 
1966 


2. oz. 
2.3 oz. 


47 


S. C. Reds 


2.02 oz. 




Totals 






1545 lbs. 


1200 lbs. 


181.00 lbs. 


5102 






Average per hen 






51.5 lbs. 


40 lbs. 


6. lbs. 


170 


2.2 oz. 


40 

44 
48 


S. C. Black Minorcas 

S. C. Black Minorcas 

S. C. Black Minorcas 

Totals 


535 lbs. 
490 lbs. 
495 lbs. 


330 lbs. 
430 lbs. 
405 lbs. 


70.50 lbs. 
53.00 lbs. 
55.75 lbs. 


1388 
1676 

1728 


2.27 oz. 
2.3 oz. 
2.38 oz. 




1520 lbs. 


1165 lbs. 


179.25 lbs. 


4792 












50.7 Ib.s 


38 . 8 lbs. 


5.97 lbs. 


160 


2.32 oz. 


41 


R. C. Reds 


485 lbs. 
530 lbs. 
500 lbs. 


380 lbs. 
415 lbs. 
450 lbs. 


57 . lbs. 
61. lbs. 
68.25 lbs. 


1651 
1676 
1590 


2.24 oz. 


45 
49 


R. C. Reds 

R. C. Reds 

Totals 


2.12 oz. 
2.48 oz. 




1515 lbs. 


1245 lbs. 


186.25 lbs. 


4917 






Average per hen 






50.5 lbs. 


41 . 5 lbs. 


6.21 lbs. 


164 


2.28 oz. 


42 
46 
50 
A 


R. C. Black Minorcas .... 
R. C. Black Minorcas. . . 
R. C. Black Minorcas. . . . 

Totals 


520 lbs. 
305 lbs. 
500 lbs. 


215 lbs. 
183 lbs. 
155 lbs. 


42.75 lbs. 
49.25 lbs. 
50.25 lbs. 


1359 

1287 
1182 


2.26 oz. 
2 . 33 oz. 
2.07 oz. 


1325 lbs. 


553 lbs. 


142.25 lbs. 


3828 






Average per hen 






44 . 2 lbs. 


18.4 lbs. 


4 . 74 lbs. 


128 


2.22 oz. 


51 

54 • 

57 


White Plymouth Rocks. . . 
White Plymouth Rocks. . . 
White Plymouth Rocks. . . 

Totals 


485 lbs. 
520 lbs. 
525 lbs. 


430 lbs. 
440 lbs. 
420 lbs. 


68. lbs. 
69.25 lbs. 
71.25 lbs. 


1784 
1598* 
1752 


2.26 oz. 
2.33 oz. 
2.05 oz. 




1530 lbs. 


1290 lbs. 


208.50 lbs. 


5134 






Average per hen 






51 lbs. 


43 lbs. 


6.95 lbs. 


171 


2.21 oz. 


52 
55 

58 


Buff Plymouth Rocks .... 
Buff Plymouth Rocks .... 
Buff Plymouth Rocks. . . . 

Totals 


530 lbs. 
490 lbs. 
500 lbs. 


410 lbs. 
370 lbs. 
430 lbs. 


66.00 lbs. 
64.25 lbs. 
65.00 lbs. 


1563 
1438 
1428 


2. 12 oz. 
2.2 oz. 
2.13 oz. 




1520 lbs. 


1210 lbs. 


195.25 lbs. 


4429 






Average per hen 






51 lbs. 


40 lbs. 


6.51 lbs. 


148 


2. 15 oz. 


53 
56 
59 


Barred Plymouth Rocks. . 
Barred Plymouth Rocks. . 
Barred Plymouth Rocks. . 

Totals 


550 lbs. 
565 lbs. 
540 lbs. 


340 lbs. 
305 lbs. 
355 lbs. 


60.50 lbs. 
63.50 lbs. 
61.25 lbs. 


1809 
1591 
1867 


2.05 oz. 
2.03 oz. 
2. oz. 




1655 lbs. 


1000 lbs. 


185.25 lbs. 


5267 






Average per hen 






55 lbs. 


33 . 3 lbs. 


6.17 lbs. 


176- 


2.03 oz. 

















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53 



Winter Egg Production. 

In selecting a variety for market egg production, the size 
of the egg and the number produced per year per hen are the two 
most important considerations. Almost as important as the 
total number of eggs which a hen lays during the year is the 
number which she lays during the winter months when eggs 
are highest in price. In this connection, the following table will 
be of interest. It shows the winter egg production or the total 
number of eggs laid between November 15, 1912, and April 
1, 1913, by the thirty hens of each of the varieties which were 
in the Second National Laying Contest, held at the Missouri 
State Poultry Experiment Station, Mountain Grove, Mo. The 
table shows the total weight of the eggs laid by each variety, 
also the average weight per dozen of all the eggs laid by each 
variety. While it would be inaccurate to say that the winter- 
laying qualities of the various varieties of poultry and the 
average weight of the eggs laid by each variety are as indicated 
in this table, yet it may at least be taken as showing "which 
way the wind blows." One fact directly contrary to a belief 
commonly held by poultrymen is plainly shown — that is, small 
hens do not necessarily lay small eggs. 

Winter egg production of the following varieties: 

RECORD OF EGGS LAID RETWEEN NOVEMRER 15, 1912, AND APRIL 1, 1913. 



Number 

of 

hens. 



30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 



Variety. 



Anconas 

8. C. W. Leghorns. . .T^ . 

S. C. Rr. Leghorns 

R. C. W. Leghorns 

Black Minorcas 

8. C. Buff Leghorns 

Silver Wyandottes 

White Wyandottes. 

Partridge Wyandottes .... 

Buff Wyandottes 

White Rocks 

Barred Rocks 

Buff Rocks 

Partridge Rocks 

S. C. Reds 

R. C. Reds v 

Black Langshans 

Buff Orpingtons 

Black Orpingtons 

White Orpingtons 



Average 
weight 

per hen 
pounds. 



.65 

.82 

.32 

.56 

.36 

.53 

.07 

.48 

.11 

.59 

.58 

.69 

.00 ^ 

.22 

.94 

.23 

.10 

.53 

.65 

.38 



i 



Total 
number 
eggs 
laid 



1477 
1934"-\ 
1473 
1306 
1223 
1066 
2088~i- 
1847 J 
1078 
1590 
1080 
1465 
1608 
983 
1545 
1423 
1972 
1626 
1266 
1714 



Total 
weight 
of eggs 
ounces. 



3135.7 

3912.8 

2816.6 

2670.6 

2776.8 

2148.2 

4146.3 

3743. 

2017.2 

3085 . 8 

2222.8 

2987 . 6 

3337 

1940 

3221 

3011 

4258. 

3258.5 

2588.3 

3478.8 



Average 

weight 

per dozen 

ounces. 



r 



25.44 

24 . 24 4A 

22.92 

24.48 

27.24 

25.32 

23.76 

24.24 

24.44 

23.28 

24.72 

24.48 

24.84 

23.64 

24.96 

25.32 

25.92 

24. 

24.48 

24 . 36 



54 The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 

Some of the varieties did not lay as many eggs as cer- 
tain other varieties, but they made greater net profit for the 
year because they laid their eggs in winter when eggs were 
highest. This is a matter of considerable importance, which 
should be given more consideration by farmers and poultry 
raisers. 

In the third contest which closed December 1st, 1914, the 
highest pens from the different countries ranked as follows 
at the close of the contest: 

Pen 0, S. C. W. Leghorns, best English record 2296 eggs. 

Pen 65, S. C. W. Leghorns, best American record 2104 " 

Pen 102, S. C. W. Leghorns, best New Zealand record 1814 " 

Pen 77, S. C. W. Leghorns, best Vancouver Island record 1774 " 

Pen 3 S. C. W. Leghorns, best Australian record 1660 " 

Pen 21, White Wyandottes, best Ontario record 1641 " 

Pen 64, S. C. W. Leghorns, best British Columbia record 1460 " 

Pen 76, S. C. W. Leghorns, best South African record 1352 " 

In this contest which just closed, 115 hens laid more than 
200 eggs each. The highest of these hens of each variety is as 
follows : 

Hen 611 , S. C. White Leghorn, Nebraska 286 eggs. 

Hen 180, White Wyandotte, Pennsylvania 265 " 

Hen 566, Barred Plymouth Rock, Iowa 254 ■ 

Hen 24, Ancona, Missouri 243 " 

Hen 335, Black Orpington, Nebraska 243 " 

Hen 576, White Plymouth Rock, Texas 242 ■ 

Hen 456, R. C. Rhode Island Red Missouri 239 " 

Hen 236, Silver Wyandotte, Missouri 233 ■ 

Hen 363, Buff Orpington, Texas 230 ■ 

Hen 476, S. C. Rhode Island Red, Missouri 227 " 

Hen 48, S. C. Black Minorca, Missouri 225 ■ 

Hen 197, Buff Wyandotte, New York 222 " 

Hen 13, Campine, New Jersey 216 " 

Hen 42, S. C. Buff Leghorn, Michigan 215 ■ 

Hen 278, Black Langshan, Missouri 215 " 

Hen 524, Buff Plymouth Rock, Missouri 210 ■ 

Hen 895, White Orpington, Missouri 205 " 

Hen 141, Black Rhinelander, California 202 " 

The hens in the national contest made an average of 159 
eggs per hen. There were several hens which did not lay an 
egg. These will be killed and examined to determine, if possible, 
what was the cause of their barrenness. The average would have 
been at least from five to eight eggs more per hen had the contest 
started the first of November, 1913. 

The ten highest pens in this contest were as follows, each 
pen being composed of ten hens: 



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Pen 0, S. C. White Leghorns, England 2296 eggs. 

Pen 24, White Wyandottes, England 2047 " 

Pen 18, White Wyandottes, Pennsylvania 2006 " 

Pen 47, S. C. Reds, Missouri 1996 

Pen 59, Barred Plymouth Rocks, Ohio 1867 

Pen 9, S. C. White Leghorns, Pennsylvania 1821 

Pen 53, Barred Plymouth Rocks, Illinois 1809 

Pen 51, White Plymouth Rocks, Arkansas 1784 

Pen 23, Silver Wyandottes, Missouri 1764 

Pen 57, White Plymouth Rocks, Texas 1752 " 

The average number of eggs laid by all hens of each variety 
was as follows: 

All White Wyandottes averaged 190 eggs per hen. ■ 

All Barred Plymouth Rocks averaged 176 " " 

All S. C. White Leghorns averaged 172 " " 

All S. C. Reds averaged 171 " ■ 

All White Plymouth Rocks averaged 171 " " 

All Buff Wyandottes averaged 169 " " 

All Silver Wyandottes averaged 167 " " 

All R. C. Reds averaged 164 " " 

All Buff Orpingtons averaged 163 " " 

All Anconas averaged 162 " " 

All S. C. Black Minorcas averaged 160 " " 

All Black Langshans averaged 158 " " 

All Buff Leghorns averaged 154 " " 

All Buff Plymouth Rocks averaged 148 " " 

All White Orpingtons averaged 143 " " 

All Black Orpingtons averaged 139 " " 

All Campines averaged 135 " " 

All R. C. Black Minorcas averaged 128 " " " 

All Black Rhinelanders averaged 124 " " " 

Those are records which any breeder should be proud of. 
All made good averages, nearly twice the number of eggs laid 
by the average farm hen. 

Important Lessons in Selection and Breeding. 

Some of the most important lessons which have been learned 
from these egg-laying competitions have been the tests and ob- 
servations made in the problems of breeding. We have kept 
in touch with the poultrymen who had pens entered in these 
contests, and we have also kept male birds in each pen and 
hatched chickens from all and made tests and kept trap nest 
records of all their young, as well as of the original hens. We 
have made these contests more than a race to see which hen 
would lay the greatest number of eggs. We haven't the space in 
this report to give all the records to substantiate our statements, 
but we feel safe in our recommendations on the following pages. 

Vigor lies at the Foundation. 

Of all things which might be said or written on breeding, the 
most important and that which furnishes a foundation upon 



56 The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 

which to build is vigor — constitutional vigor. Whatever else you 
may do, do not make the mistake of using birds that are immature 
or lacking in that all-important virtue — vigor. See that your 
breeding stock is robust and active. It should be broad between 
the legs, and show every appearance of good health. Never 
attempt to raise poultry until you can readily distinguish the 
difference between a healthy, vigorous bird and one that is not. 
Never allow your anxiety for shape, color, or eggs tempt you 
to breed from any bird that is not the very picture of vigor. 

Pens and individuals lacking in vigor were never able to 
make good use of the food given them, and therefore they always 
made lower records than they would have done otherwise. 

Which Variety Shall I Use? 

The question of egg production is not a question of breeds. 
Any of the breeds and varieties in general use at this time can 
be so selected and bred that the results will be entirely satis- 
factory. The whole problem is largely a problem of selection 
and breeding. Then why be jumping from one variety to another? 
Make certain at the very beginning that you have the variety 
that suits you best as to shape and color. Attend some good 
sized poultry shows and look the varieties over and satisfy your- 
self before you start with a variety. Then stay with it and 
study to improve it. 

Strain Means More Than Variety* 

A "strain" in poultry simply means a family of any variety. 
There are good hens and poor hens, good strains or families 
and poor strains in all varieties. Of the most popular varieties 
one is about as good as another. There are good and bad 
strains, however, of all varieties. 

A poultryman may carefully select and breed his birds 
for years along certain lines until he gets the desirable qualities 
so firmly fixed in his flock that no matter into whose hands they 
fall on this side of the ocean or on the other, they give about 
the same results, providing they have reasonable care. 

It is a noticeable fact that pens of the same breeding 
maintain about the same average egg production, whether the 
pen is in Storrs, Philadelphia, or Mountain Grove, and all their 
methods of housing and feeding are entirely different. The 
breeding back of the birds makes them maintain about the 



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STRAIN MEANS MORE THAN VARIETY. 

Here we have two Black Orpington hens, one of an egg strain and egg type, and the other 
of a beef strain and beef type as you can plainly see. Both are Black Orpingtons, but came 
from different breeders, different strains and different families of Black Orpingtons. As 
far as egg production is concerned, there is often more differences in strains or families of 
the same variety than there is differences in many of the breeds and varieties themselves. 
Careful selection and breeding establishes a strain. How careful we should be then to know 
something about the history, record and breeding behind our birds so that we may establish 
a good and profitable strain of our chosen variety. 



same rate of production, no matter where they are being tried 
out. This holds true with both good and bad pens. When I 
mentioned "strain" and "breeding" and "selection" as the 
foundation of a flock of high egg producers a few years ago, 
some "authorities" made light of such "nonsense." They claimed 
that you could take almost any old fowl and by giving it the right 
feed and care, you could get equally as good results as the 
breeders who were leading in the egg-laying contests. That is, 
they said there was nothing to "strain" and that" breeding" 
was not the secret of egg production. Of course, we know that 
without the proper feeding and care a hen will not lay many eggs 
no matter what strain she is from or how good her breeding 
may be. But when a breeder can make a consistent record in 
laying contests year after year and lead all competitors, we will 
have to admit that he has a superior laying strain. If Mr. A. 
has a pen of Barred Plymouth Rocks which leads all other 
Plymouth Rocks year after year, and Mr. B. has a pen of Barred 
Plymouth Rocks which is at the foot each year for three years, 
we will have to admit that Mr. A. has a laying strain and Mr. 
B. has a strain which are not good egg producers 



58 



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In the three contests the varieties have stood as follows 
with the following records: 





5 Hens in Pen. 


Variety. 


Eggs laid. 


1912 


First pen 

Second pen 

Third pen 


R. C. Reds 

White Wyandottes 


1042 
1015 




S. C. White Leghorns 


991 








1913 


10 Hens in Pen. 

First pen 

Second pen 

Third pen 


S. C. White Leghorns 


2073 




Buff Wyandottes 


1884 




Silver Wyandottes 


1877 








1914 


10 Hens in Pen. 
First pen 


S. C. White Leghorns 


2296 




Second pen 


White Wyandottes 


2047 




Third pen 


White Wyandottes 


2006 








1912 


First hen 


White Plymouth Rock 


281 




Second hen 


R. C. Red 


255 




Third hen 


Barred Plymouth Rock 


245 








1913 


First hen 

Second hen 

Third hen 


R. C. White Leghorn 


262 




S. C. White Leghorn 


258 




Buff Wyandotte 


255 










1914 


First hen 


S. C. White Leghorn 


286 




Second hen 


S. C. White Leghorn 


273 




Third hen 


White Wyandotte 


265 











Some of these same varieties also had hens and pens near 
and some at the very foot of the list. So you can see that 
more depends upon the selection and breeding and upon the 
family or strain than upon the variety. 

How Many Varieties Shall I Keep? 

One variety, properly handled, is enough for any man on 
any farm. We know of a man who recently failed because he 
started with twenty different varieties. He said he thought he 
would try them all out and then determine which he liked best, 
but it took so much housing, so much extra labor, so much extra 
fencing and extra expense to keep all these varieties separated 
that it took all the funds he had before he really got fairly started. 
With one-tenth the labor, houses, fencing and expense, this man 
could have actually raised more poultry and succeeded, whereas 
he failed in one short year. By having one variety you can do 
away with most of your fencing and thereby give more free 
range and thus raise your poultry under more natural conditions. 
This will insure better health and greater net profit. Confine 
your efforts to one variety and you will come nearer succeeding. 



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Why Does a Hen Lay, and Her Possibilities. 

Hens do not lay for the pleasure of it, neither do they lay 
for the purpose of increasing our bank account. Any one who 
has noticed a hen on the nest in the act of laying, who has seen 
her as she stood there straining to discharge an egg, or who has 
seen these eggs blood-stained from some internal hemorrhage, 
must realize that the hen does not lay for the amusement /oF) 
of the thing. 

Every living thing desires to reproduce its kind. Some of the 
lower orders sacrifice their lives in order that they may propagate 
their kind. Man has selected and bred and stimulated this 
instinct in the hen until she produces from twenty to fifty times 
what the original of her kind did. 

The day a chick leaves the shell, it is endowed with all the 
the yolks, or ova, or eggs, that it can ever lay, and several 
thousand more. Nearly every chick's body possesses several 
thousand of these tiny yolks, and it is possible to count as 
many as several thousand in practically every pullet. No 
amount of feeding, no system of housing, no method of care and 
management, however good it may be, will add one more yolk 
to the number already provided by nature. The method of 
breeding, feeding, housing, and care, determines largely the num- 
ber of tiny yolks which any hen will be able to ripen or develop 
into full-sized yolks and manufacture into the finished product. 

Breeding has more influence over this than any other one 
thing, and don't ever get this idea that you feed a hen to feed 
yolks and eggs into her body. You feed her for the purpose 
of enabling her to develop the yolks which nature and breeding 
have already provided and made possible. 

Man has taken the jungle fowl, which only laid a few eggs 
per year, but was of longer life than our domestic fowl of today, 
and he has bred and improved the wild fowl until we now have 
hens laying 300 eggs in a year and one thousand eggs in a life- 
time of only a few years. Nature never intended that any hen 
lay 200 or 300 eggs in a year, and then by increasing production, 
to many times what the wild fowl laid annually, man has 
shortened the life and in most cases has decreased the vitality 
from that of the original fowl. Modern methods have not 
only increased the production of a lifetime, but we are also 
forcing the over-worked hen to deliver her fifteen or twenty 
years' supply in two or three years, as a rule. 



60 The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 

Environment. 

Care and feeding have a great deal to do with the improve- 
ment of any breed and variety. No human skill can accomplish 
some things which are accomplished in the breeding world, 
without proper attention being paid to the important questions 
of feeding, housing, care and management. The highest state 
of perfection comes through selection and breeding, but we 
would never have been able to produce the improved Poland 
Chinas and Berkshires from the "razor backs" nor could we 
have produced from the jungle fowl the 286 egg hen, Lady 
Laymore, without generation after generation being kept in 
the proper environment as well as being carefully selected and 
bred. 

Yet the performance of every flock may reach its normal 
average and the limit of its capacity or ability to produce. 
Better methods of feeding, housing, care and management have 
no further effect upon the egg yield. Then it is that greater 
production must depend upon the skill of the poultryman in 
selection and breeding. He must select the best blood in his 
own flock or depend upon blood from an outside flock which is 
stronger in the desired characteristics than he has in his own. 

There is no need of any poultryman now going at this 
problem blindly. There is enough information at hand so that 
poultry breeding is becoming more and more a science and less 
and less a matter of chance, but in spite of this fact, many cling 
to the idea that improvement is to be brought about chiefly 
through feeding. Because of the prevalence of this view, very 
many of the growers of live stock do the work in an aimless 
way. As a result, the scrub is still in evidence on too many 
farms. 

The only profit you receive from your fowls comes from the 
food which is assimilated beyond the amount needed for susten- 
ance. A certain amount of food is needed and required to keep 
the machinery of the body in operation. No profit accrues from 
this. Your profit comes from the food they consume in excess 
of maintenance. If your hens are properly bred so that they 
can consume lots of food and make good use of it and not store 
it in their bodies in the shape of fat, they will make you a greater 
profit the more they consume. 



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61 



Mating the Breeding Pens. 

Here is where your success or failure for one year, or many 
years in some cases, or for perhaps all time to come, may depend. 
A large per cent of the poor hatches, the mortality among the 
young stock, the general tendency to disease, and defects in shape 
and color of our stock are traceable to mistakes made in the 
breeding pens. The lack of constitutional vigor, immature 
pullets and cockerels, reckless inbreeding, lack of exercise, 
forced egg production, overcrowding, and unsanitary surround- 
ings, are responsible for much of our troubles and are the most 
common errors. 

The stock should be mated for two weeks or a month before 
you expect to hatch their eggs. The eggs can be safely incubated 
after five days if no other male has been with the females. If 
another male has been with the hens and they were laying at 
the time, it will be from two to four weeks before you can set 
the eggs and depend upon the chicks being sired by the second 
male. 







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Ten S. C. White Leghorn hens averaged 230 eggs each in the Missouri National Egg 
Laying Contest. The best hen in the pen made a record of 273 eggs and only one hen laid 
less than 200 eggs in twelve months. 



62 



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In pens of Leghorns we usually use one male with ten to 
fifteen females. In mating Plymouth Rocks, Reds, Wyandottes 
and Orpingtons, we use one male with ten females. Langshans, 
Cochins and Brahmas should be mated one male to eight fe- 
males. If any of these varieties are on free range you can use 
one male to twice the above number of females. It is often 
advisable for a poultryman who has much business and a great 
demand for hatching eggs to mate a hundred or two hens in 
the general flock with a number of males and sell eggs at a re- 
duced price from this. But his choicest matings should be made 
in separate breeding pens. 

In-Breeding. 

Inbreeding, as generally referred to by poultrymen, means 
the breeding together of birds that are closely related for a 
number of successive years or generations. The objects of 
inbreeding are to secure more desirable qualities in our fowls, 
to secure more uniformity, and to secure them in the quickest 
possible manner. 

The desirability of this practice, and the good and evil 
therefrom have been discussed pro and con for many years. 
Practically the only objection offered is the belief that the 





BIRDS OF LOW AND HIGH VITALITY. 

These two pictures have never been retouched. On the right is a White Plymouth 
Rock of high vitality and a good specimen to breed from. On the left is one of low vitality. 
You would breed weakness and susceptibility to disease by using such a male at the head of 
the breeding pen. 



The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 63 

offspring will be weak and sickly lacking in strength, size and 
vigor. There is no denying the fact that if the parents have a 
common defect or a common weakness that these things will 
be more firmly fixed and intensified in the offspring. It is equally 
true, that if both parents are strong and vigorous, and they are 
inbred, that their good characters will also be more firmly fixed 
and intensified in their offspring. 

Inbreeding, if carried too far, will result in loss of vigor, 
loss of size, and a tendency to delicacy and general deterioration. 
In the case of bantams, what we want is the lack of size. We 
want smallness, and by closely inbreeding this is accomplished. 
Thus we have an example in these little birds, the effect of in- 
breeding on size. There is no use to argue this question for 
every observing poultryman has seen evidences of the evil 
effects of careless and constant inbreeding in his own flock 
and in those about him. If it is successfully practiced, it re- 
quires constant selection, and ruthless culling. 

Notwithstanding the above facts, it is true that no one can 
perfect a strain of his own or firmly fix desired characteristics 
uniformly throughout his flock, without resorting to more or 
less inbreeding at first, and then following that with a rea- 
sonable amount of inbreeding or line breeding. 

No matter how wisely it may be conducted, certain evils 
will surely grow out of continual inbreeding. This practice 
should be discontinued before these evils appear, and no one 
should attempt to inbreed their poultry who does not under- 
stand it, or who might practice it in a haphazard manner. 

Have a Definite Object and Breed to It. 

Why is it that some pens have a single hen in the pen of 
ten hens that will make a very high record and the remaining 
birds in the pen will be below the average? We think it is due 
to the fact that such poultrymen have given much thought and 
much time to the question of selection and breeding for egg 
production. Such breeders have done some trapnesting, some 
pedigreeing, and they know the kind of males and females that 
they are breeding from. Such poultrymen have selected and 
bred from 200 egg males, that is, males bred from hens with 
200 egg records, so long that they have fixed the egg laying 
characteristics and the egg laying ability in the entire flock, so 
nearly so that practically all their hens average well and make 
good records, barring sickness, accident or improper methods 



64 The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 

of feeding and housing. While the other fellows have bred 
more or less promiscuously and unknowingly. Therefore, they 
only get an occasional high hen. A good fancier might see an 
exceptionally beautiful bird exhibited by an amateur, but not 
knowing whether the bird had a line of good breeding back of 
him, a good fancier would not give much for such a bird to cross 
on his flock because the birds good points might not be fixed 
by years of breeding, and he might not be able to transmit his 
good qualities. The same is true in breeding for egg production. 
In some pens, practically every bird gives evidence of years of 
careful selection and breeding, and another pen has only an 
occasional good bird which shows that these good qualities are 
not so firmly and uniformly fixed in the flock. Mr. Poultryman, 
know the history and the pedigree of at least a few of your 
best breeding males. It pays. 

Do Your Breeding at the Proper Season. 

From our observation and records we have concluded that 
the season of the year in which a chicken is hatched has much 
to do with its growth and development, and the length of time 
that it will require for a pullet to mature and begin to lay. That 
is, pullets hatched in the early spring when the trees are budding, 
the grass beginning to grow green, the crops growing, and the 
birds mating, in other words, when the whole earth seems to be 
putting on new life, pullets hatched at this season will begin lay- 
ing in a shorter length of time than full sisters to them hatched 
in the summer or fall. We believe that pullets hatched in 
February, March and April will begin laying in a shorter length 
of time than their full sisters hatched in May, June and July. 
Climate would cause some variation and exceptions to this rule. 

The smaller varieties begin to lay a little earlier or mature a 
little quicker than the large varieties, as a rule, but by using good 
judgment, a breeder of any variety can so regulate his hatches 
so as to have them mature just in time to make good winter lay- 
ers. A poultryman can so select and regulate the breeding of 
his flock and so regulate his hatches that his pullets will bloom 
or begin to lay at something near a certain season, just as the 
florist has his chrysanthemums bloom at Thanksgiving and his 
lilies bloom at Easter. By all means, have them begin to lay 
before the winter season for if they do not, they will more than 



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65 



likely not start laying before spring. Such pullets are a dead 
loss for several months. The margin of profit in the poultry 
business is so small that it will not stand such a loss. 

Early Hatched and Early Maturing Stock is Best. 

The pullets which mature early and the cockerels which 
mature early, make the best breeders when it comes to breeding 
for egg production. The early hatched chicks are those which 
are easiest raised. They are the most profitable because the 
pullets begin to lay in the fall and lay during the winter season 
when eggs are highest. Hatch at least a portion of your chicks 
early, and select the early maturing pullets and cockerels as 
your breeders for increased egg production. It is an indication 
of weakness and lack of proper breeding and often a lack of 
vitality, if the young stock is very slow to mature. Select for 




AN EARLY HATCHED AND AN EARLY MATURING PULLET. 

A Buff Leghorn hatched in February, had matured and laid 87 eggs by the time she 
was nine months old. Laid her first egg when four months and four days old. She refused 
to pose for this picture and you fail to get her correct shape. Early maturing and early lay- 
ing did not seem to stunt her growth. 

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66 The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 

breeders only those which grow well and mature reasonably early, 
at least. 

You will be obliged to depend upon the early hatched and 
early maturing pullets largely for your winter eggs. The year- 
ling hens have been laying from eight to ten months and they 
reach autumn with their egg organs temporarily exhausted. 
They have yet to manufacture their winter coats. A hen has 
about 8,000 feathers on her body and it requires more food, more 
energy and a greater strain upon the constitution of a fowl to 
grow these feathers, and still survive with good health than 
any of us fully appreciate. A fowl must have a little rest just 
at this time, and we should not be disappointed because our hens 
do not lay every month in the year any more than we should 
that our trees do not bear fruit every month in the year. We 
should depend upon the early hatched and early maturing pullets 
for our profitable egg production in fall, and be content to give 
the hens a chance to rest and recuperate at that season. 

In view of what has been said, we recommend for the 
Central, Eastern and Western states at 'least, that Brahmas, 
Cochins and Langshans be hatched as early as January and 
February; Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Reds and Orpingtons 
in March and April; and Leghorns not later than May. You 
will have to depend upon incubators and brooders to some ex- 
tent if you are to do much early hatching. 

After a pullet has reached a reasonable age and is unproduc- 
tive, the relative profit from that bird grows less every day that 
laying is delayed. Profits in the poultry business will not per- 
mit the poultryman to ignore the importance of early hatches 
and reasonably early maturing stock. 

By early hatched pullets, we mean hatched just early 
enough so they will start to lay by winter months. If you hatch 
too early, they will moult, and if you hatch too late, they will 
not begin to lay before the next spring, as a rule. 

Breed for Longevity and Productiveness. 

As well as producing pullets which lay a large number of 
eggs in one year, it is also advisable to breed from those birds 
which show a tendency to long life and profitable production 
for more than one year. It is too costly to incubate, brood, 
feed and raise young stock to produce the kind which is broken 
down in health, or unprofitable and unproductive after the first 
year. Many hens lay well for three years. Although they may 



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not lay quite as many eggs the second year, yet the net profit 
may be greater because the cost of producing that fowl was paid 
for out of the first year's income. 




A GOOD EXAMPLE OF LONGEVITY. 

A White Rock Hen nearly eight years of age and had laid nearly 1000 eggs. The first 
three years she averaged a little over 200 eggs per year. Her comb has been frozen off and 
she begins to show her age, but is still vigorous and a good breeder. 

If the hens are properly bred and cared for, many of them 
will average 200 eggs per hen for three years in succession. We 
cannot lay too much stress upon this important question, that of 
breeding, handling and caring for your stock in such a way that 
it will be conducive to longevity and profitable production. 

I would much rather have hens like these in my flock, and 
much rather breed from hens like these than to have a flock of 
hens whose race was run, which are like a flash in the pan, and 
which make a good record for a few months or for a year, and 
then because of lack of vitality, are unable to stand the strain 
of heavy production, break down and die, or become useless and 
practically non-productive. 



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Breed from Winter Layers. 

A hen may not lay as many eggs as a certain other hen, but 
the first hen may far excel the second hen in net profit to the 
owner because she laid the bulk of her eggs when the price of 
eggs was highest. We ought to use hens and pullets for breeders 
which have shown the ability to lay in fall and winter. We 
should endeavor to fix and try to perpetuate winter egg produc- 
tion as a family trait in our flock. Any old hen can lay in 
spring and summer when the grass is green, the sun shining 
and the flowers blooming. In fact, they lay then only because 
they can't help it. But a hen which lays in winter, lays because 
she is bred that way and has the ability to lay in spite of adverse 
conditions. The males should also come from winter layers if 
we are to perpetuate this good quality in our flock. We don't 
mean that you must set the eggs after a pullet has laid heavily 
all winter, but we usually try out our pullets in the fall or winter 
by the use of trap nests or by some other method, and then give 
the pullets a rest just prior to the breeding season.* A hen or 
pullet will never make a great egg record unless they lay a goodly 
number of eggs in fall and winter. Neither will they ever be 
very profitable if they lay them all in spring and summer. We 
advise breeding from stock which shows the ability to produce 
some eggs in winter months. 

It is not best to breed from hens or pullets immediately 
after they have made a great record or immediately after a 
heavy winter egg production. Find the winter layers, then 
give them a rest for a month or two before attempting to hatch 
from them. 

Don't Set the First Hens to Go Broody. 

Our tests and observations all lead us to believe that a 
common error is made by practically all poultrymen, and es- 
pecially with farmers who practice hatching eggs with hens 
instead of incubators. The poultryman is usually anxious to 
get out a few early chicks, and in his anxiety to do so, he sets 
the first hens which become broody. These are the hens and 
pullets which have laid all winter, and are those which prove 
the best layers, as a rule. The result is that the poultryman is 
now setting eggs from his drones which have waited until the 
warm weather of spring to start laying, and he is incubating 
their eggs with his best winter layers. The result is that he is 



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hatching eggs from the dead beats and drones, and is losing the 
use of his choicest breeding stock during the breeding season. 
Not much progress can be made in breeding for egg production 
by this method. You had better invest in a 120-egg size incu- 
bator, or one which is larger and meets your needs, and keep 
the choicest hens to lay eggs to use for hatching. 

Early Laying Pullets Come from Good Layers. 

For several years we have made observations and kept 
records on our early maturing pullets, and in every case, no 
matter what variety of poultry it happened to be, the first 
pullets of that variety to begin to lay came from the highest 
laying hens of that variety, or hens among the highest layers. 
We have never had an early maturing and early laying pullet 
come from a medium or poor laying hen. In every case thus 
far, no matter what the variety is, the pullets which began to 
lay when they were from four to five months old were bred 
from the high laying hens of that variety. 

Avoid Breeders that Are "Baggy Behind." 

Birds that are "baggy behind," those that have heavy, fat 
abdomens that have a tendency to fall below the point of the 
breast bone, should not be used in the breeding pen. This is 
indication of a weak ovarian system as a rule. Such birds 
are poor breeders, they don't fertilize their eggs, and the chickens 
from such hens often die in the shell or are weakly if they do 
hatch. 

Many hens die with ovarian trouble, ruptured yolks, dis- 
eased ovaries, ruptured or diseased oviducts, and such deaths are 
usually attributed to some other cause. By making a post 
mortem examination, you can usually tell. If you find a hen 
that dies from such a cause, it is unwise to use either males or 
females for breeders that were bred from her. 

Can Eggs and Beauty Be Combined in the Same Hen? 

Beyond a doubt in my mind, a reasonable amount of beauty 
and a reasonable amount of eggs can be combined in the same 
fowl. The Barred Rock, the White Rock, the Buff Leghorn and 
a number of the other hens which made the highest records in 
the Missouri National Egg Laying Contest were hens which 
would not disgrace any show roon. The Barred Rock which 



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laid 254 eggs was exceptionally good in color and shape. Just 
as have some of the fanciers utterly disregarded egg production 
in their matings, just so have some of the egg men utterly dis- 
regarded color in their matings. We do not believe it is possible 
to produce a record breaking layer and pay too much attention 
to color, neither can you breed the exceptionally high scoring 
specimen and pay too much attention to egg production, but we 
do believe it is possible to breed whole flocks that can average 
150 to 180 eggs and have individuals laying from 200 to 250 
eggs and still have beautiful color and shape, which is not neces- 
sarily standard shape. There seems to be a disposition to 
gradually change the shape of our varieties until they conform 
more nearly to the egg type, and that is what we should come to. 
Also the egg men should strive to improve the color in their 
flocks, and the Standard makers should always bear in mind 
not to make the color requirements so artificially impossible 
that a good poultryman could not combine a reasonable amount 
of beauty in shape and color and at the same time, have a pro- 
ductive flock. We are glad to say that the disposition of the 




Barred Plymouth Rock Hen No. 566 laid 254 eggs in twelve months. A hen of good 
shape and well marked. Beauty, good color, and egg laying ability were combined in this 
hen. This was taken on Dec. 1st when she was in full moult. 



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Standard makers seem to be in that direction more than ever 
before. 

It does not mean that you have to entirely disregard shape 
and color to breed a good laying strain of any variety. We 
know of cases where some of the highest scoring pullets and some 
of those which won the highest honors in the show room of 
certain varieties, were also those which laid the greatest number 
of eggs. These hens were fine in color and shape as well as to 
lead when it came to the egg basket. Of course, we all know 
that after a pullet or hen has laid a large number of eggs, it 
tells on their appearance for the time being, at least, but that 
does not necessarily mean that these birds will never be in show 
condition again, or that their progeny will not be birds good 
enough to go into the show room. We are quite certain of one 
thing, i. e., it is not necessary to breed a flock of mongrels for 
them to prove to be satisfactory layers. 









f\ 



jfe#Z%!S 





Eggs and Beauty Combined 

Feathers from Hen "N 9 611 Laid 254 Eggs 

in 12 Montfis in- ike Missoun National Egg 

Laying Gontes - 



If you are seeking improvement in any single quality, 
color, shape or eggs, the desired result is comparatively easy 
to obtain. The energies of the system can be made to act 
quite readily if development is sought only in any one of these 
directions. Sometimes we obtain phenomenal development in 
one line at the sacrifice of the other qualities, and often times 
the sacrifice of the future usefulness of the fowl. However, 
the fact remains that high attainment can be obtained in any 
one or all three of these qualities, color shape and eggs, without 
any one of them necessarily being antagonistic to the other. 



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Is There a Positive Egg Type? 

All signs sometimes fail and there are exceptions to all rules, 
but we are of the opinion that there is a definite type in poultry 
which indicates productiveness the same as a good dairyman finds 
that certain characteristics and a certain conformation in cattle 
indicate the productiveness or non-productiveness of certain 
individuals. Among other things it is generally agreed that to 
be a good milker a cow must be healthy and vigorous, she must 
have a big body or plenty of capacity, and she must have a large 
udder and large milk veins. The more we study the productive- 
ness in poultry the more firmly we are convinced that the same 
general principles apply to the productive hen. That there 
is an egg type in poultry and the day will come, if it is not now 
at hand, when we can tell in a general way the good from the bad 
by certain and definite characteristics. Of course in the dairy 
business the "Babcock test" is the final test of the quantity of 
butter fat, and just so with poultry, the trap nest wnT perhaps 
always be the final test. 




Hen marked No. 1 was a large round bodied American type Wyandotte. The remain- 
ing hens are long bodied English Wyandotte hens. The small long bodied Wyandottes laid 
205 eggs each on the average. The round bodied type Wyandotte only laid a little over 
100 eggs in the twelve months. 



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Mr. Tom Barron of Catforth, England, recently visited us 
and while here we had him visit several different yards and point 
out one or two good and bad hens in each yard. He did so 
and after he had left we looked up the records in each case and 
found that the hens which he claimed were of poor type and poor 
producers were among the poorest layers as verified by our 
records. In one case we had a White Orphington which had 
not laid an egg and she was in a pen with eleven other hens. 
The hens were driven before him and at first glance he picked 
out this hen which was a blank as far as production was con- 
cerned. The hen was in good health and to the ordinary ob- 
server looked about like any of the others. He pointed out 
the good and bad in other pens without handling a single hen. 
The trap nest records verified his statements. 

We believe that any man with reasonable intelligence who 
studies, year after year, the question of selection and breeding 
for egg production, will get a certain and definite type firmly 




A HEN OF TYPICAL EGG TYPE. 

Laid 273 eggs in the Missouri National Egg Laying Contest. She is high in front, large 
comb, prominent eye, large crop, long body, high tail, broad back, broad behind, thin pelvic 
bones, and full of vigor. 



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fixed in his mind just as is true in his case and as is true with 
the dairyman. What is this type? That is the question. 

There is an egg type and a beef type in poultry, just as 
true as there is a dairy type and a beef type in cattle. We 
find both of these types in all varieties of poultry. And there is 
also the intermediate, or dual purpose type. We are not going 
to attempt to describe these except to say that our best hens 
are medium sized birds, and as a rule, are considerably under 
Standard weight. They are late moulters, and practically 
free from the disposition to broodiness. They have thin pelvic 
bones; rather high tails, rather narrow skulls, not a masculine 
head in appearance; large, bright eyes; large combs; long and 
broad backs carried much higher than that portion nearest the 
tail; wide behind with plenty of space between the point of their 
breast bone and the points of the pelvic bones; and they must be 
good feeders, always active and alert. The good laying hens are 
nearly always somewhat close feathered. Not loosely feathered 
like the Cochins. We believe that if a White Leghorn with a 
record of 250 eggs and a Barred Rock with the same record, were 
both in good health and condition, and were both killed and 
picked at the same time, you would find a great resemblance 
and uniformity in the shape and measurements of the body and 
bones of the two fowls. You would have to make due allowance 
for the extra size of the Plymouth Rock, of course. 

You should select and breed from hens and pullets which 
have been bred for egg production as well as to select males so 
bred. The males and females should be broad between the legs 
and stand up like a soldier. The Hogan System, sensibly 
applied, is the best test for type that we have ever used, and it 
stands next to the trap nest itself. The book entitled the "Call 
of the Hen" gives the best method of selecting hens without the 
use of the trap nest that we have ever used. This can be used 
and applied by any farmer. 

WHAT INFLUENCE HAS SIZE ON EGG PRODUCTION 
OR HAS EGG PRODUCTION ON SIZE? 

"We find that 90% of the proven best layers by the trap 
nest are the smallest birds," is a statement just made by one of 
our greatest poultrymen and one of our best students of the 
problems of egg production. The weights of the birds entered 
in the National Egg Laying Contest conducted at this place 



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for the past three years and the egg records all indicate that this 
statement is absolutely true. No matter what the variety may 
be, if a pullet of that variety makes a good egg record, upon 
weighing her we find she is usually from 34 to 3 pounds under 
Standard weight. "Lady Showyou," the White Plymouth 
Rock hen which laid 281 eggs in our first contest, only weighed 
six pounds, being 1 y 2 pounds under Standard weight. "Missouri 
Queen," the R. C. White Leghorn pullet which led last year and 
made a record of 260 eggs, only weighed 2% pounds. While 
there is no Standard weight for this variety, yet this pullet was 
the smallest of 36 hens of this variety which were in the contest. 
The highest record we have ever had made by a Barred 
Plymouth Rock, the hen was If pounds under weight. The 
Black Langshan which made the best record was nearly 2 pounds 
under; White Orphington, 2 pounds under; White Wyandotte, 




This is a photograph of a White Wyandotte hen that laid 265 eggs in twelve months. 
She was a pound under Standard weight. Nearly every hen in the Missouri National Egg 
Laying Contest that made a good record during a three years' test was under Standard 
weight. 



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1 pound under; Silver Wyandotte, % pound under; Buff Wyan- 
dotte, Yi pound under; Black Minorca, 1% pounds under, and 
so on through almost the entire list of varieties. On the other 
hand, the majority of the pure bred hens which make the poorest 
egg records are up to Standard weight or considerably over, as 
a rule. Not more than 10 to 25% of the best laying hens of any 
variety are ever up to Standard weight. During the past three 
years we have had birds from several hundred breeders, and our 
experience is that this is usually true, no matter what variety 
it may be or from what breeder they may come. 

With dairy cows, the best producing Jerseys and Holsteins 
are not of the beef type. One of the leading dairy experts of 
this country once said to me when showing me his high producers, 
"These are our very best cows, but it sometimes disgusts me to 
hear visitors criticise them and make uncomplimentary remarks 
about these cows, and then compliment our heavier, fatter 
dairy cows, of the beef type which give but very little milk or 
butterfat." 

Can it be that we have our Standard weights on some vari- 
ties a trifle too high? We know of one quite prominent breeder 
of Barred Plymouth Rocks in this state who has often bragged 
about having a strain of Rocks that were from a pound to three 
pounds above Standard weight. That same breeder is now dis- 
posing of his entire flock because they do not lay enough eggs to 
pay the cost of production. We think it best to have the 
Standard for all things quite high for the per cent of those who 
reach their ideals is quite small. We don't advocate breeding 
small birds but we do think we can overdo the thing and ruin 
all chance of profitable production by going to the other extreme. 
Simply because a hen or pullet was a pound or two underweight 
and was a good producer healthy and vigorous, I would certainly 
not discard her from my breeding pens. It might be well to 
give this matter some thought. 

Late Moulters Are Best Layers. 

The hens which make the very highest records are usually 
very late in moulting. The high laying hens will continue to 
lay into October, November or even December before they put 
on their new coat of feathers. If a flock of hens moults in the 
summer or early autumn, it is a very good indication that they 
have not laid much. There are exceptions, of course, but this 



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HIGH LAYING HENS MOULT LATE. 

As a rule this is true. You can see above a hen that made a record of over 200 eggs 
and she did not begin to moult until December first. You may select a pen of ten hens, and 
usually the late moulters have been the best layers in that pen. 

being true, we usually have to depend on early hatched pullets 
to a great extent for eggs at that period. 

You can go through our contest pens about the middle of 
November and you can pick out many of the good layers by 
this method. Practically all of the good ones do not moult 
before October or November. 

Disposition to Broodiness Detrimental. 

If a hen becomes broody from six to ten times a year as 
many of them do, there is not much opportunity for such hens 
laying many eggs, some of them not laying enough for their 
own keep. It usually takes the average person from two weeks 
to a month to break a hen from setting and start her to laying 
again. Then if a hen went to setting several times, you can see 
that there is not much chance for much of a record. 

This being true, it is important that we breed this disposi- 
tion out of the hens as far as possible. Some hens of all varieties 



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never go broody, especially Leghorns. Then why is it not 
reasonable to suppose that we can breed this disposition out of 
all varieties to a greater or less extent? Quite a good many 
hens in even the supposed non-setting varieties go broody. So 
we cannot hope to eliminate this entirely for it is a part of the 
nature of the hen. But by setting eggs and breeding only from 
such hens as seldom if ever set, we can in a few years, eliminate 
much of this lost time from our flocks. Also be careful to never 
use a male from a hen that spent most of her time and energy 
in setting. 

Frequent Laying Affects Color and Condition. 

A pullet or hen may have bright yellow legs and beak at the 
beginning of the season, but after she has laid a large number of 
eggs, they apparently lay much of the color out of the beak, 
legs and plumage. If you see a hen at the close of the season 
with bright yellow legs, it is usually a good indication that she 
was not a good layer. If a hen is kept upon a bare lot without 
much green food, this will also cause the color of the legs to fade, 
so due allowance will have to be made for that in some cases. 
But a heavy layer of any yellow legged variety of chickens will 
approach the close of the season with faded legs, beak and 
feathers. She will also have rough plumage that seems worn 
and weather beaten. She might have started into the laying 
period a beautiful specimen with beautiful plumage, and good 
enough in most ways to command respect in a show room, but 
like a laboring man after a hard day's work in a shop, she nat- 
urally closes the season with her plumage worn and soiled, and 
considerably faded and out of condition as far as external ap- 
pearances go. If she recovers from the moult properly and has 
her resting period, she will probably get back in as good condi- 
tion as in the beginning. 

We have found this to be true in practically all of our con- 
test and experimental pens. 

The Trap Nest Is a Valuable Asset. 

The trap nest is the pillar on which we must build. It is not 
necessary to trap nest every individual in the flock, but at least 
one or two pens of the choicest breeders should be trapnested 
and the offspring marked or pedigreed so that you know the 
sire and also know the record of the hen which laid the egg. 



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By the use of the trap nest and by applying the Hogan test to 
the general flock, it is possible for any poultryman to know just 
what he is doing and this practice will enable him to discard 
all the drones. It is possible to make more rapid progress in 
breeding by this method than by any other. 




first. 



Releasing the hens from the trap nests. The proper method of taking them out, head 



There is no use making the excuse that it takes too much 
time to trap nest. That is far from being the truth. It takes 
time to do anything that is worth while, and many poultrymen 
have utterly and miserably failed because they continued to 
stumble along in the dark, year after year, and never knew what 
they were really doing, never actually knowing what they were 
breeding from. It matters not whether you are breeding for 
shape, color or eggs, or a combination of all, the trapnesting of 
at least a few of your best birds will mean much to you in the 
course of a few years and put you far in advance of the man 
whose stock is unknown to him, except that he knows that he 
has "chickens." 

The poor layers, those producing infertile eggs, weak chicks, 
poor colored chicks, slow growers, and chicks with many other 
defects can be spotted by the use of the trap nest. You will 



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Most people place the bands on their hens just opposite the way they should. Place 
the band on the leg so the figures will be upside-down when the hen stands on the ground. 
Then when you pick her up to read the band as above, the figures come just right. The hen 
having been released from the trap nest she is held in this position when the band number 
is read and recorded. The band number is placed on the record sheet and also on the small 
end of the egg. By this method you know which hens are laying best, and which lay eggs 
that are infertile, and you learn many other things you should know. Trap nest at least a 
few of your best birds. 

discover the hens which lay large, even, well shelled and salable 
eggs, and also those which lay small, misshapen, unsalable 
eggs. 

The Hogan method as told in the book, "The Call of the 
Hen," ranks next to the trap nest,, in our opinion. Practically 
every hen at this institution is trapnested throughout her life. 



Management of Layers vs. Breeders. 

The average poultryman does not distinguish the difference 
in the correct methods of management of the layers and breeders. 
They write to know how to feed to get winter eggs and they keep 
dishing out beef scraps, greencut bone, dry mashes, moist 
mashes, and egg producting foods and lots of it to their hens 
and pullets right up to the breeding season and often continue right 
through the breeding season with this practice. This is all 
right for the laying stock for you are after great numbers of 
eggs in that case. But with the breeders, it is quite different. 



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It is fertile eggs, good hatches and strong, vigorous chicks that 
you desire in the latter case. They cannot be gotten by feeding 
lots of heavy, rich, egg producing foods. It is best to trap nest 
the pullets one season to discover which are the most promising 
and which are the winter layers. Then give such pullets and 
hens at least two months rest just before the breeding season. 
Keep them on just a maintenance ration and give plenty of range. 
Then as you approach the breeding season, feed a little more 
freely, but do not use much dry mash, moistened mash, or 
beef scraps with your breeding stock. Depend mostly upon a 
grain ration, thrown into a deep litter to compel exercise. Give 
plenty of green food, and provide for more range than is given the 
laying stock. We hope you will make this difference in your 
methods of management of the layers and the breeding stock. 

Should We Change Males Each Season? 

Most assuredly not. Each time you introduce new blood, 
you introduce new characters. The continual introduction of 
new characters makes uniformity in a flock impossible. Besides 
if you practice changing males each season, you cannot afford 
to pay the price of good males for only one season's use, and you 
are forced to buy low priced males and therefore get the culls 
from the breeders' yards. 

Instead of buying from five to ten males at $1 each to go 
with a flock of 100 hens, buy one male at $5 or $10 and get a 
little better bird and mate him with your ten or twelve choicest 
females. This insures you the very best results from your breed- 
ers, and also enables you to sell infertile eggs from the general 
flock. 

Cyphers Company recommends a very good plan of getting 
the maximum amount of good from one male by inbreeding to 
some extent and yet have no bad results. 

"Instead of buying a low priced cockerel, pay enough to get 
a first-class bird — one that has some genuine merit, and that 
will stamp his individuality on your flock. Mate him to a few 
of your best pullets but instead of selling him and breaking up 
the pen at the end of the season, continue to mate him to the 
same females for at least two years more, and longer if a suffi- 
cient number survive. The cockerels from this pen are to be 
used for each year's mating in the general flock, being disposed 
of at the end of the breeding season. In this way, without mak- 

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ing any but remote relationship matings, the qualities of this 
high-grade male may be thoroughly fixed in the entire flock. 
After the third year, purchase another superior-quality male 
and if the first year's mating proves to 'nick' with your flock, 
use the cockerels as above described and continue this plan 
indefinitely, bringing about a permanent improvement in the 
flock at small expense and with no danger of injurious in- 
breeding, even when practiced by the most inexperienced." 

The Breeding Pens Between Seasons. 

After the breeding season has closed, it is wise to turn the 
hens and males out on range and let them rough it. Cull out 
those which have not shown up well during the season, and put 
them on the market. Those which are kept for another year 
should be compelled to hustle for much of their own living, 
kept on range and allowed to get in good condition for another 
breeding season. 

An Experiment in Artificial Fertilization. 

We have been making some experiments along this line and 
have some living chicks hatched from eggs laid by hens which 
have never been allowed to run or come in contact with, or be 
treaded by a male bird. From what experiments we have made, 
I believe we can collect the semen from the champion Barred 
Plymouth Rock male bird at New York, Madison Square Gar- 
den Show, carry it to Missouri and then fertilize eggs from the 
champion pullet at the Missouri State Show if that pullet is in 
laying condition. The semen would have to be kept at a reason- 
able temperature. Artificial fertilization of eggs may never be 
practical, but we learn other things as a result of work of this 
kind. We have been surprised to learn the length of time the 
male germs will live out of the body of either the male or female. 
We have allowed the semen to become perfectly dry, and then 
after two hours or more, moisten it and found hundreds of 
spermatoza still living and moving over the field under the micro- 
scope. Our experience has led us to believe that about 5 per 
cent of the males used for breeding purposes are practically 
sterile, that is, that their germs are so weak that they do not fer- 
tilize or else the semen is lacking in male germs. We have living 
chicks hatched from eggs artificially fertilized, artifically hatched 
and artificially brooded. Some interesting facts are being de- 



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The above shows a pullet which was hatched from an egg which was fertilized by taking 
the semen from a Barred Plymouth Rock male and injecting it into the cloaca of a Light 
Brahma female. The germs then worked their way up the oviduct of the female and the 
eggs were fertilized. In doing this work, male birds were kept in wire pens where they could 
see females in the adjoining pens. The males were handled each day and they soon became 
very gentle, so much so that in a few days if you entered their pens with a female in your 
hand, then the male would attempt to tread her while she was still in our possession. In- 
stead of letting him connect with the female we would slip our hand between the male and 
female and the semen would be caught in our hand, a glass dish or in a rubber bag. An 
ordinary medicine dropper with a rubber bulb was used to inject the semen into the cloaca 
of the female. If you have a vigorous male, several females can be injected with the semen 
from a single male. This work was done at the Missouri State Poultry Experiment Station. 
This cross of a Barred Plymouth Rock on a Light Brahma, made a black fowl with a neck 
marked like a Brown Leghorn pullet. 



veloped with reference to this work and mention will be made of 
them in later reports. 

The Oklahoma Experiment Station has done considerable 
work along this line and in a recent circular issued by that in- 
stitution, they have this to say: 

"The question was, whether or not eggs could be fertilized 
by seminal fluid transferred from one female to another. If that 
could be done successfully, could a sample be diluted with a 
physiological salt solution and injected into the cloaca of several 



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hens with equal success. From our knowledge of the life period 
of these cells and the number of them passed at one service, this 
latter method would appear very practical. And, if it did prove 
successful, there would be nothing to prevent a man who pos- 
sessed a valuable male bird to stand his bird, as in stud breeding. 
The semen might be sent by mail and the receiver could treat a 
large number of his hens at a small expense. Poultry, unlike 
other animals, have no periods of heat, so they could be treated 
any time samples may be received. 

In order to test this out several hens known to be laying in- 
fertile eggs were treated in the manner suggested above with un- 
diluted fluid, and a fair per cent of the eggs were fertile. These 
eggs were incubated and chicks hatched from them early in the 
fall of 1913. 

Effect of Disease on Breeding Stock. 

A hen may be held back and prevented from laying as many 
eggs as she would have done had she been kept in good condition 
and given proper care and treatment, but when she does reach a 
normal state of health and condition, she will make up for much 
of the time she lost, if she is properly bred. One of the highest 
laying hens in the National Egg Laying Contest was bred from 
a male bird which had one eye put out by roup. We do not re- 
commend this practice, however, because it is unsafe. A bird 
may recover but the offspring too often shows a tendency to the 
same disease. 

It must be remembered that a chick with a strong constitu- 
tion is better equipped for fighting diseases than a weak chicken 
with all the medicines and condiments known to the medical 
science. Then breed for constitutional vigor. 

Many disease germs are transmitted from parent to offspring 
so all diseased birds, or birds which even have been seriously 
sick, should be removed from the flock. We recently had a 
striking example of high vitality and low vitality. Two pens 
were housed in the same house, drank from the same pan, ate 
the same kind of food and slept under the same roof. One pen 
went all to pieces and everyone of them were sent to the hospital. 
The pen on the opposite side withstood the severe weather, kept 
in splendid health, and were among the very highest pens in egg 
production. 

In order to determine some of the best methods of preven- 
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have conducted a number of experiments and tried out dozens of 
remedies for chicken pox or sorehead, canker, and roup. We 
do not believe in continually doping your flocks, but when you 
find an outbreak of disease, try to discover the cause and remove 
it. Sometimes it is advisable to treat and try to save valuable 
birds. 

Chicken Pox or Sore Head. 

We have tried various methods of prevention and treatment 
of this disease. You can usually recognize it by the following 
following symptoms: 

Little warts, nodules, or scabs form on the comb, face and 
wattles. When one starts, usually several follow. The dis- 
ease is not necessarily fatal, but gives the bird an ugly appearance 
and may result in affecting the general health. The disease is 
contagious. It is often started by birds brought into the flock, 
and is especially noticable in damp, cold weather in houses which 
are not kept clean and dry or properly ventilated. 

Treatment: The small nodules or scabs should be removed 
with the fingers, simply pulling the scab off. Take a camel's 
hair brush or a clean feather and dip it into undiluted zenoleum, 
or creolin, and touch the sores lightly with the feather or brush. 
Another scab will form and in a few days drop off. Rub the 
face, comb and wattles with mentholatum, menthol salve, or 
carbolated vaseline. Don't be continually picking at these 
scabs. Once removed and treated is sufficient. 

As soon as any indication of an outbreak of chicken pox is 
noticed, you should give the entire flock about three-fourths of a 
teaspoonful of Epsom salts to each fowl. Repeat this in about 
three or four days. After the sores have been treated once, it is 
not necessary to treat a second time. 

Very often cases of chicken pox can be cured by touching the 
scab and rubbing the Zenoleum or Creolin around the scab. If 
the scabs form on the eye lid, there is danger of the eye being 
put out. In cases of this kind it is often a good idea to make a 
solution of three parts water and one part zenoleum or creolin 
and use two or three drops of this in the eye thus affected. 

Canker. 

This is a disease that is quite common among poultry in the 
fall, winter and early spring. We have experimented with many 
different remedies and also with methods of prevention. A 



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bird that has recovered from canker and that was never seriously 
sick with this disease can be used as a breeder. 

Symptoms: There is usually a yellowish cheesy fungus 
growth on the tongue, mouth or throat. There may be a rattling 
in the throat and the bird has difficulty in breathing or swallow- 
ing. The bird usually has considerable fever, and just before 
this cheesy growth forms, you will notice that it is always pre- 
ceded by a thick slimy mucous in the mouth. These spots of 
canker are sometimes an indication of digestive disorders, may be 
caused by one bird picking another in the mouth while fighting, 
or by the litter in which the birds scratch being mouldy and damp. 
First see that the bird is not constipated. In fact it is a good 
plan to give three-fourths to a teaspoonful of salts to each. This 
is the first thing to use in the treatment or as a preventive. 




Canker. This shows a bad case of canker. You can see the whitish or yellowish patches 
on the mouth or tongue, and some of the particles which have been removed. These 
patches must be removed with a dull knife or a sharp splinter. Then treat as directed. 

Treatment: It is necessary that these spots of canker be 
removed from the tongue or mouth before you attempt to treat 
the disease. We remove the canker by using a clean sharp 
splinter or a dull knife. Before removing the spots of canker it 
is a good idea to paint the spot with with iodine and allow this 
to remain on for two or three minutes, then remove the canker 
from the mouth, throat or tongue. The cankerous growth 
will often accumulate in the throat, windpipe or trachea and pre- 
vent the bird from breathing, and it will die for that reason. In 
such cases it is necessary to be prompt in discovering it and in 
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Do not be alarmed if the sores bleed a little after the spots 
are removed. First give a good purgative. Remove the yellow 
accumulations and touch the spot with powdered alum or creolin 
or zenoleum or iodine. Repeat the operation every second or third 
day if necessary. A clean feather or mop or camel's hair brush 
may be used for this purpose. If the canker accumulates very 
rapidly, it may be necessary to remove the canker every day. 

One of the best remedies which we have used for canker is 
the following: 

Iogen, 1 part, 

Boracic acid, 6 parts. 

Mix thoroughly. After the canker has been removed take 
a clean stick or swab and rub the mixture on the spot which is 
affected. If the canker is in the trachea or wind-pipe, remove 
the canker and apply the powder by blowing it through a goose 
quill, glass tube or powder blower. It can be blown down into 
the trachea with the blower. Be sure it reaches the affected 
parts. This has proven very effective. 

Colds, Catarrh and Roup. 

We doubt if at any one place in the world has there been 
more roup remedies and preventives tested and experimented 
with than have been tried out at this experiment station. Roup 
is one of the greatest sources of loss of mature fowls. Much of 
this trouble can be avoided by proper methods of prevention. 

We believe that serums can be made so that flocks can be 
inoculated and made practically immune to roup. We have 
been testing out something along this line, but have not had the 
money, men or equipment to do much work in this direction. 

As we have often stated, we do not recommend doping your 
fowls with anything as long as they show no indications of dis- 
ease, but if you have many cases of roup, we recommend the use 
of the treatment which we have found to be most effective. 
These remedies can be used with considerable success until such 
time as we are able to develop a serum or some more simple or 
practical method of prevention and treatment. 

Symptoms: Common colds are caused by exposure to cold, 
damp winds, stormy weather, drafts, overcrowding, poorly ven- 
tilated houses, and similar causes. When colds first appear, you 
will notice the birds sneezing, bubbles in the corners of the eyes, 
a watery or sticky discharge from the nostrils and eyes which the 
bird persists in wiping off on the feathers of the neck. If this is 



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not attended to, the bird treated and the cause removed, it may 
result in roup. With genuine roup there is usually an odor 
about the head of the affected bird. Sometimes the eyes are 
swollen shut or the lids are stuck together. In this case, a 
cheese-like mass sometimes forms under the lids, and if the lids 
are not opened and this removed and kept washed out, it will 
destroy the eyesight entirely. The face of the bird is sometimes 
swollen and a tumor forms on the side of the face between the 
eye and the nostrils. Roup is a very infectious disease, and all 
sick birds should be isolated. 




A genuine case of roup. Eyes swollen shut and a very offensive odor about the head. 



Treatment: When the cold or indication of roup is first 
noticed, the bird should be treated as follows: Take the nos- 
trils between the thumb and forefinger and press them together, 
gently moving the fingers towards the beak. Also press between 
the nostrils and eyes in an upward manner. This loosens up the 
discharge and presses a great deal of it through the nostrils and 
clears the head of the bird ready for treatment. We next plunge 
the head into a pan of warm water, to which has been added 
creolin or zenoleum (1 teaspoonful to a pint) or permanganate of 
potash until the water becomes a deep wine color. 

We prepare the permanganate of potash by taking a pint 
bottle and fill it about one-fourth full of these purple crystals. 
We pour in enough water to nearly fill the bottle. We shake this 
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Balls of cankerous accumulation "which was taken from the eyes of chickens where swollen 
and the chicken was suffering from roup. This accumulation must be removed each day 
from underneath the eyelids and the eye treated by dropping into it two or three drops 
of the following solution: Three parts of water and one of zenoleum or creolin. If such 
cases are not taken in time the bird is apt to lose the eye entirely. 



to treat a bird, pour in enough of this to turn the water a rich 
wine color. 

The head is kept under the water for twenty or thirty sec- 
onds. By this treatment, the solution is distributed through the 
nostrils and canals. It should be given once a day or at least 
every other day until the symptoms have disappeared. Grip- 
the legs and wings of the fowl with one hand so the pan cannot be 
kicked over, and dip the head with the other hand. We have 
also found it very beneficial to use the following mixture when 
the colds first appear: 

1 part coal oil or kerosene, 

2 parts zenoleum, or creolin. 
Shake well before using. 

Clean out the nostrils and head well before using the above 
remedy, then treat once a day or every two or three days in mild 
cases. It is a good idea to bathe the head in warm water to 
which has been added a little of the zenoleum, creolin or per- 
manganate of potash as before recommended. After the nos- 
trils have been cleaned and the head dried, inject a little of the 
above mixture into the nostrils and work it well back into the 



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From Megnin. 

The lower figure shows the maxillo-ocular rinus, which opens into the socket of the eye, and 
communicates with the nasal cavity. The upper figure shows the roup tumor on the 
head caused by the filling of this cavity with cheesy pus. If the tumor is large, we usually 
open it and after we have pressed out as much as possible, then fill the cavity with equal 
parts of powdered alum and sulphur. 



head. If the bird's eye is affected, remove all the mucous and 
canker from the eye and then drop a few drops of a solution made 
of three parts water and one part creolin or zenoleum in the eye. 

If the bird has a tumor on the face caused by canker and pus 
forming under the skin, it is best to open this with a sharp knife 
and let it bleed freely and work out all the contents that you can. 
Wash this out with the zenoleum and water or some other good 
disinfectant, then put some powdered alum and sulphur into the 
place where the incision has been made. The bird should be fed 
a good stimulating mash moistened with sour milk or water. If 
the bird's eyes are swollen shut and cannot see, then force a 
little of the feed down its throat for a few days. Dip its bill in 
water. At least see that it gets food and water until it begins to 
recover and is able to see to eat. If the bird is very low in vitality 
and thin in flesh, about the best thing you can do is to kill the 
bird and burn it. 

Serums are being made for the treatment of roup in poul- 
try along the same line that serums are made for the treatment of 
cholera in hogs. None have yet been perfected to a degree that 
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Upon the occurrence of an outbreak of roup, the first thing 
to do is to take steps to check it as quickly as possible. All 
affected birds should be at once removed from the balance of 
the flock to a place that is clean, dry, well lighted, comfortable, 
well ventilated, and which can be thoroughly disinfected after 
the disease has run its course. Remove the litter from the houses 
and disinfect the houses and runs thoroughly with Zenoleum or 
Creolin mixed according to directions, or with a five per cent 
solution of Carbolic Acid. We have tried out and tested practic- 
ally all the serums, "guaranteed roup cures," and remedies of 
various kinds recommended for roup. But we have come to the 
conclusion that the safest and best thing for any poultry raiser 
to do it to use all possible means to prevent the disease. This 
can best be done by breeding from healthy stock, providing com- 
fortable houses which admit an abundance of ventilation and 
sunshine. The houses and yards must be dry. Ventilation, 
without drafts, is the best preventive. By all means have an 
opening near the floor to take out the bad air, if it is nothing but 
the exits for fowls left open or covered with wire to permit of a 
circulation of air. Most people imagine that the bad air in a 
poultry house is near the ceiling and they make openings there 
which take off all the pure warm air on winter nights, but the 
bad air, which breeds roup, settles nearest the floor. So in ad- 
dition to your shutter, curtain, or open front, also have small 
openings near the floor in the front of the house to complete the 
system of ventilation and to take off the bad air. Be sure the 
floor and walls of the house are dry. 

^Ye would recommend a preventive treatment as follows: 

Formula No. 1. 

Magnesia 4.6 parts 

Magnesium Sulphate 52.1 parts 

Sulphate of Iron (Copperas) 8.0 parts 

Sulphur 14.0 parts 

Ground Ginger 8.6 parts 

Oxide of Iron (Rouge) 0.7 parts 

Tablespoonful to each 6 birds every morning. Feed this 
in a moistened mash for a few days to the flock if they are at- 
tacked with an epidemic of roup, diphtheria, chicken pox, canker, 
liver trouble, or appear to be out of condition. This has proven 
very effective in preventing and curing cases of roup and in 



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building up birds that seemed run down in health and low in 
vitality. As the birds show signs of improvement, discontinue 
the remedy until it is needed again. For bad cases of roup, 
make a pill about the size of the end of your finger and put it 
down the bird's throat. 

For bad cases feed about twice as much of this in the mash as 
is recommended above. If the fowls show no signs of disease it is 
not advisable to use anything until you deem it absolutely neces- 
sary. 

Pearl, Surface, and Curtis well state that "the best treat- 
ment is prevention." The disease can be prevented by stop- 
ping all sources of infection. Some things to keep in mind are: 

1. Do not make tender house plants of your birds at night 
as they will contract cold during the day. 

2. In introducing new birds always procure them from unin- 
fected flocks. 

3. Isolate all new birds and all birds that have been ex- 
hibited at shows for two or three weeks to make sure that they 
do not develop the disease. 

4. Exclude from uninfected house and yards poultry and 
all other animals, including men, coming from those that are in- 
fected. 

5. Do not use implements as hoes, shovels, etc., that have 
been used on infected premises. 

6. Keep the birds in a good, hygienic condition, well 
nourished and in dry, well ventilated houses and roomy yards. 

When the disease has been introduced into the flock care- 
ful precaution may prevent its spread: 

1. Immediately separate from the flock any bird that shows 
symptoms of the disease. 

2. Disinfect the yards and houses. A five per cent, solu- 
tion of carbolic acid may be used on the yards. Remove the 
litter from the houses and disinfect freely. This five per cent, 
carbolic solution may be followed by whitewash. 

3. Use pure drinking water in clean vessels. 

4. Keep watch of the flocks so that any new cases may be 
isolated at once. 

5. Burn or bury deep, all birds that die. 



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BEST METHODS OF FEEDING. 

We have experimented for several years with many dif- 
ferent methods of feeding laying hens and breeding stock. We 
have tried the rations used by the leading experiment stations, 
commercial egg farms and laying contests. We have found that 
it is not necessary to use complicated rations to get the best re- 
sults. Neither is it necessary to import a great variety of grains 
and food stuffs in order to have a good ration. The foods and 
grains that are grown upon our Missouri farms abundantly and 
economically, are the foods and mixtures which have given us the 
best results in practically every test, or experiment. 

A Good Laying Ration. 

In summer, spring and fall: 2 parts wheat and one part 
cracked corn. 

In winter and cold weather: 2 parts cracked corn and one 
part wheat. 

This is the grain mixture which is used as a scratch feed. 
This is thrown into a litter on the floor of the poultry house. 
Feed about a pint to ten hens in the morning and a pint and a 
half at night. 

Dry mash No. 1: 

100 pounds of ground oats. By ground oats we mean 
oats that have been run through an ordinary feed mill and ground 
or crushed, hull and all. 

10 pounds dry beef scraps, 
2 pounds bone meal, 
1 pound salt, free from lumps, 
1 pound powdered charcoal. 
Or Dry mash No. 2: 

100 pounds ground oats, 
100 pounds wheat bran, 
100 pounds shorts or middlings, 
100 pounds corn meal, 
60 pounds dry beef scraps, 
10 pounds bone meal, 
4 pounds salt, free from lumps, 
4 pounds powdered charcoal. 
We especially recommend dry mash No. 2, but we give the 
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at some place easier and cheaper than the other. These mashes 
are kept in a hopper or box where the chickens can help them- 
selves at any time. They should also have grit and oyster shell, 
water and sour milk or buttermilk if it is available. 

Moist Mash: Use some of the last mixture mentioned above 
and moisten it with sour milk or with water. Feed the hens as 
much of this as you can get them to eat in 30 minutes. Feed it 
each afternoon between one and three o'clock. It is necessary 
to feed both the dry and moist mash to get the highest egg yield. 

Green Food: Ensilage, fresh cut clover or alfalfa, sprouted 
oats, rape, and mangle beets, or growing wheat or oats are among 
the best green foods that we have ever used. Cultivate the 
poultry yard and grow some green food in that way. 

Rations for Breeding Stock. 

Breeding stock can be fed the same grains as the laying hens. 
They should be compelled to take lots of exercise in search of 
their food. If you use either moist or dry mash, feed both very 
sparingly to the breeding stock. In fact you will, in most cases, 
get more fertile eggs and stronger chicks and better hatches if, 
you rely on whole or cracked grains, plenty of green food and lots 
of exercise. Don't allow the breeding stock to become too fat. 
They may lay less eggs if fed in this way, but you will get more 
satisfactory results when it comes to hatching and rearing the 
chicks. 

METHODS OF BROODING FARM FLOCKS. 

Our experiments with various methods of brooding have 
been very extensive. 

After the breeding stock has been properly selected and 
mated, after the eggs have been properly handled and graded, 
after incubation has taken place and the chicks have hatched, 
the next important question to consider is the brooding. We 
have thoroughly tested both natural and artificial methods. The 
question is, "Shall I use fireless or heated brooders? Shall I use 
adaptable or adjustable hovers, or shall they be portable? Shall 
I use indoor or outdoor brooders? Would brooder stoves or a 
mammoth brooding system be best for my use?" These are im- 
portant questions to be considered. The kind of brooder and 
size of brooder should be determined largely by the number of 
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which I propose to raise them. Simplicity, economy, durability, 
convenience in operation, and that brooder or hover which ap- 
proaches nearest to fool-proofness, would be the best brooding 
system for any farmer or poultryman to adopt. 

Beyond any question, brooding is one of the poultryman's 
big problems, especially if he raises poultry on a large scale. 
One man recently wrote us that he had no trouble in hatching 
2500 chicks this season, but in less than one month had fewer 
than 50 chicks left from the large number hatched. If you have 
a good incubator, you will experience but little difficulty as a 
rule in getting a good hatch, but the most failures come when we 
attempt to rear them. 

Portable or Movable Hovers are Good. 

We have found the use of these hovers to be one of the best 
methods of brooding young chicks. Each of these hovers will 
accommodate from 50 to 75 chicks, and two of the hovers can be 
used very successfully in an 8 x 12 colony house. We place a 
partition in the center, tw T o feet high, and one hover is placed on 
each side of the partition in these small houses. After the chicks 
are old enough to do without heat, the hovers are removed from 
the house and stored in a safe place until the following season. 
Then the houses can be used the remainder of the year for the 
growing stock, and for the laying pullets in winter months. 

These hovers can be picked up and carried anywhere as they 
are not attached to the house in any way. You can use them in 
any sort of a coop or building. We have found them to be very 




A portable or movable hover. Can be used in any sort of box, brooder or building. 
Can be picked up and moved anywhere. One of the best systems of brooding chickens in 
flocks of 50 to 75. 



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satisfactory. For the small poultry raiser and for the average 
farmer who hatches with incubators, these protable or movable 
hovers are indispensable. These are offered for sale by incubator 
companies. 

Coal Heated Brooder Stoves. 

Very rapid progress is being made in the methods of brooding 
young chicks. It is practically as easy to brood a flock of from 
250 to 750 chicks with some of the coal heated brooder stoves, 
used in properly ventilated rooms, and it can be as successfully 
done as we formerly brooded a few dozen in the old style brooder. 
In fact, with this system it is possible to raise twice as many 
chicks in a season with half the labor that we did formerly, and 
with less mortality. 

The poultryman does not have to spend time and energy in 
filling and trimming small lamps. These stoves are heated by 
coal. They require filling twice a day and each is fitted with a 
self regulator and the heat is thus kept under control. 




A coal heated brooder stove that can be used in any building about the farm, 
the best methods of brooding 250 to 1000 chicks at one time around one stove. 



One of 



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These stoves can be kept in a laying or breeding house or in 
a room built especially for brooding. The room should not be 
smaller than 8x16 feet with a partition in the center. This size 
room will accommodate about 300 young chicks. 

In a room 12 x 20 you can brood 500. After the brooding 
season is over, the stove can be stored away, and the building 
used for growing stock or laying hens. 

Where you desire to raise chickens in large numbers, you will 
find this method of brooding very satisfactory. You perhaps 
have some building about the place or some poultry house in 
which a stove of this sort can be used. Several very satisfactory 
brooders of this kind are being made, and we have seen them 
tried out sufficiently to recommend this method of brooding. 

Brooding With Hens. 

We have never found any better method of brooding with 
hens, than the use of a coop similar to that shown in the accom- 
panying illustration. These coops can be made from ordinary 
dry goods boxes, or if built from lumber bought for that purpose, 
they should be made about two and one half feet square. The 
roof should slope to the rear. It should be covered with boards 
and roofing material used over them. 

A door is made for the front and is hinged at the bottom so it 
can be lowered from the top and drops down in front of the coop. 
This makes a clean board on which to feed the chickens. The 
The door fills about half the space of the front portion of the 
coop, and above that, we use screen wire or one inch mesh poultry 
netting to admit ventilation and to keep out the rats and en- 
emies. W T e use a board floor and the coop is raised two or three 
inches from the ground so the floor will remain dry. 

We find the lath runways a good thing to use in front of the 
coops until the chicks are ten days or two weeks old. Then they 
can be removed and the hens and chicks allowed to run at will. 

If you will keep these coops clean and be vigilant in your 
efforts to keep the hen and chicks free from lice and mites, this 
is a splendid way to brood chicks by the natural method. 

Lectures and Demonstrations. 

Illustrated poultry lectures were made in all parts of the 
state during the past two years. These lectures were made by 
men sent out from this institution and their talks were illustrated 

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with enlarged photographs, lantern slides, and moving poultry 
pictures. Where any notice had been given as to the date, time 
and location of the lectures, we never failed to have large and 
enthusiastic audiences. 




Missouri school children being taught how to Caponize cockerels. Interest the boys and 
girls in poultry raising and you will keep many of them on Missouri farms. 



Demonstrations in caponizing and demonstrations in several 
other branches of the industry were made in many counties in 
various parts of the state. Educational exhibits were made at 
county fairs, poultry shows, and at the State Fair each year. 

County teachers associations were addressed upon the sub- 
ject of teaching poultry in the public school in all agricultural 
classes. These meetings were held in many counties. 

Boys and girls poultry clubs are being organized and the 
good which will result from such work as this cannot be estimated. 

This class of work has been and will be encouraged as our 
time, men and means will permit. 

Bulletins and Poultry Literature. 

During the past two years we have issued several bulletins 
with editions of from 10,000 to 20,000 each. We have issued 
several circulars with editions ranging from 10,000 to 200,000 
copies of each. The eagerness with which the people have sought 
this literature has been really surprising. The editions are all 
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Educational exhibits similar to this were put on at a large number of county fairs, the 
state fair, and poultry shows. The best methods of housing, feeding, brooding, treatment 
of diseases, etc. were demonstrated. 



upon farms, and hundreds and thousands in our cities and towns 
are anxious to gain a practical and dependable knowledge of the 
science of raising poultry successfully and of producing eggs at a 
profit. 

The following bulletins and circulars have been issued: 

Sixth Annual Report. 

Circular No. 1, Feeding the Baby Chick. 

Circular No. 2, Swat the Rooster. 

Circular No. 3, Capons and Caponizing. 

Bulletin No. 4, The Fool Proof Poultry House. 

Bulletin No. 5, Production and Handling of Market 
Eggs. 

Circular No. 6, Feeding for Winter Eggs. 

Bulletin No. 7, The Baby Chick. 

Circular No. 8, Prevention and Cure of Roup. 

Volume 2, Poultryman's Guide and Annual Report. 

A Day at the Missouri State Poultry Experiment 
Station. 

We now have the electors, and copy prepared for two or 
three other useful bulletins which will be published as soon as the 
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Loss of Millions is Being Saved. 

"The Swat the Rooster" slogan which was first coined by this 
institution, has become a household phrase in all parts of Mis- 
souri. It has also since been adopted by many other states. 

The fertile egg has been largely responsible for the rotten 
eggs and the tremendous loss in bad eggs in Missouri each year. 
It is said and believed that there are from three to five million 
dollars lost annually in bad eggs in this State. No institution 
has ever waged a more vigorous campaign to prevent and save 
this loss than has the Missouri State Poultry Experiment Sta- 
tion. The loss of three to five million dollars would be looked 
upon as a great calamity in our state if it should happen in any 
of our cities, our state treasury, or in any of our financial in- 
stitutions. Yet we lose that much each year in bad eggs and 
don't give it a serious thought. 




Millions of Missouri eggs being dumped into the Mississippi River at St. Louis. This 
loss reverts to the farmer. He has to lose in the end because of the reduction in price 
caused by these bad eggs. We are spending a great deal of time in trying to save the an- 
nual loss of millions of dollars on eggs alone. 

We feel that because of the "Swat the Rooster" literature 
and the great number of lectures and demonstrations we have 
made on this important subject, that it will result in saving the 
state hundreds of thousands of dollars each year, and even into 
the millions, at least, eventually so. 

The dealers and buyers of eggs in St. Louis and in most sec- 
tions of the state where eggs are bought and sold in a wholesale 
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ter than during any previous summer. The eggs are cleaner, 
fresher and freer from rot. If this educational campaign has im- 
proved the quality 30 to 33 1-3% and if the loss in previous years 
was even two or three millions of dollars, you can see that we 
have saved in one year more than the appropriations for this 
purpose will amount to in 100 years. 

A dispatch from Kansas City, dated July 17th, says: "That 
the swat the-rooster campaign was a success in this vicinity has 
been demonstrated here in the last few weeks when the thermome- 
ter has been hovering up in the nineties and the condition of the 
current receipt of eggs is really surprising in their cleanliness as 
compared with the same time last year, when as high as fifteen 
dozen eggs were lost to the case. 

"One large dealer said it was his opinion that the receipts 
were running fully fifty per cent better in quality this year than 
last and he attributes this directly to the fact that most all of 
the roosters were marketed." 

The above quotation from the Chicago Packer tells its own 
story. 

The value of such work as this to the state is almost incom- 
prehensible in our opinion. 

Field Meetings. 

During the month of August and the first week in September 
is a season when the farmers of Missouri have as much spare time 
as most any other season of the year. It is just after harvest and 
just before the busy fall season. Also the business men in our 
towns and cities have as much of an opportunity to take time 




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from their business then to listen to lectures as at any other 
season. Neither are our schools in session. We have chosen 
this time for our annual Poultry Field Meetings. 

Where the business men, farmers and poultry raisers of a 
community are willing to co-operate with us, we agree to hold a 
day's meeting in such a place. In order to add to the pleasure of 
the occasion, the business men sometimes furnish special music 
and a special program. Also the farmers and poultry raisers 
and citizens of the town and community join in a picnic basket 
dinner. The afternoons and evenings are taken up with poultry 
lectures and demonstrations. These are illustrated by enlarged 




Hundreds of people attended the poultry lectures and witnessed the demonstrations 
in St. Louis county. 



photographs, drawings, lantern slides and moving pictures. If 
the community wishes to do so, they have the privilege of hold- 
ing a poultry show in connection with their field meeting and we 
furnish a poultry judge to pass on the good and bad qualities 
of these fowls. 

It is our desire to improve upon the plan of conducting these 
meetings and to enlarge upon them and make them of still greater 
benefit to the communities in which they are held. We are open 
to suggestions from the farmers, poultry raisers and business men 
of the State. 



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Prizes offered at County Poultry Shows and Fairs. 

During the past two years there have been as many as fifty 
county poultry shows held each year in the various counties of 
Missouri. There have been as many as fifty poultry exhibits at 
county fairs each year. 




A beautiful gold lined, silver loving cup, designed and used by the State Poultry Ex- 
periment Station for special prizes at Missouri poultry shows. 



Where the members of the State Association desire it, we 
have been offering special prizes on different varieties of poultry 
at most all of these shows. It encourages the farmers and poul- 
try raisers of that county and distributes the premium money 
over the state. This has been done to encourage the Missouri 
State Poultry Association which is now the largest in the 
United States. 

Ballots are mailed on the first day of September each year to 
the members living in every county of the state. They have the 
privilege of voting and the prizes are offered at the poultry show 
or fair receiving the majority of the votes. 

The county prizes to be offered in 1915 are as follows: 



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Offer No. 1. Special Cash Premiums. 

The Missouri State Poultry Experiment Station at Mountain 
Grove, Mo., offers the following premiums at this show, $20.00 
in cash as follows: 

$2.50 in cash for the largest and best display of any one varie- 
ty of Plymouth Rocks. 

$2.50 in cash for the largest and best display of any one 
variety of Wyandottes. 

$2.50 in cash for the largest and best display of any one 
variety of Rhode Island Reds. 

$2.50 in cash for the largest and best display of any one 
variety of Orpingtons. 

$2.50 in cash for the largest and best display of any one 
variety in the Mediterranean Class. 

$2.50 in cash for the largest and best display of any one 
variety in the Asiatic Class. 

$2.50 in cash for the largest and best display of any other one 
variety not included in the above. All varieties competing 
against each other. 

$2.50 in cash for largest and best display of turkeys. 

Rule No. 1. In deciding displays, points are to count as 
follows: Each first prize counts 5 points; 2nd prize, 4 points; 
3d prize, 3 points; 4th prize, 2 points; 5th prize, 1 point, and one- 
half point for each additional bird entered which is not 
disqualified. Members of the Missouri State Poultry Associa- 
tion only can compete for these specials. If you are not already 
a member, send 50 cents for annual dues to T. E. Quisenberry, 
Director, Mountain Grove, Missouri, and compete for these 
premiums. Membership fee must be paid before the show opens. 

Rule No. 2. No one exhibitor can win more than one of 
these prizes. 

Rule No. 3. There must be two competitors in each class, 
showing at least eight birds each before that variety will be en- 
titled to the prizes offered for the largest and best display. 
There must be at least one male bird among the eight before the 
display prize can be awarded. 

Rule No. 4. These prizes will go only to such shows as 
send in a majority of their members' votes for said show, or send 
in a petition signed by the majority of the members of the State 
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Rule No. 5. There must be 15 members of the State As- 
sociation living in any county to entitle that county to the prizes. 

Rule Xo. 6. The members living in the county can limit the 
prizes to their own county, or they can open them to all members 
of the State Association who exhibit at their show if they choose 
to do this. 

Rule Xo. 7. If someone who is not a member of the State 
Association wins the most points in competing for any of these 
prizes, then no one would be entitled to these specials. They 
are offered for the best at each show and not for seconds. 

Rule X'o. 8. These offers must be printed in the premium 
list of the show offering them, also announcement made of the 
fact in some of the county papers. Marked copies of the prem- 
ium lists containing these offers, must be mailed to the State 
Poultry Experiment Station at Mountain Grove. 

Offer No. 2. Handsome State Silver Cups. 

The Missouri State Poultry Experiment Station at Moun- 
tain Grove, Missouri, offers the following handsome silver cups, 
each of special design. The two large cups represent a large egg 
shell with one end crushed and gold lined. On the face of the 
cup is the seal of the State and room for appropriate engraving. 
There are also two beautiful smaller cups. These are offered 
as follows: 

1. One large cup for the largest and best display in the 
show of one variety. 

2. One large cup for the best pen in the show. 

3. One cup for the best male in the show. 

4. One cup for the best female in the show. 

Teaching Poultry Raising by Mail. 

We have had so many requests from people in Missouri ask- 
ing for permission to visit the Experiment Station and take a 
course of instruction in poultry husbandry, and so many asking 
if they could not take a course by correspondence, that we have 
been offering a very complete course of instruction for the past 
six months. More than 100 have enrolled without any solicita- 
tion on our part, and we confidently believe that many hundred 
Missouri boys and girls, farmers and poultry raisers will be taking 
this course before another biennial period has ended. 

There are thousands of people who would like to know how to 
raise poultry successfully, who can never leave their home duties 



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long enough to attend a college or to take a complete agricultural 
course. It was for the purpose of helping these people and of 
supplying the many requests we had for this information that this 
correspondence course is offered. It is being furnished at 
actual cost. 

The lessons are gotten up in bulletin form, or as a booklet. 
Each lesson contains from 30 to 125 pages. The student is 
asked fifty practical questions on each lesson. In addition to 
this he is given additional help by correspondence. The total 
cost is $10.00 cash or $13.50 in monthly payments of $1.00 or 
more per month. 

Synopsis of the Lessons. 

Lesson 1. The Principles and Practice of Poultry House 
Construction. The Fool Proof Poultry House. In this lesson 
the fundamental problems which must be solved in building any 
poultry house, are taken up and thoroughly discussed. Then the 
student is shown how to properly apply these principles by being 
given complete plans and specifications for building "Fool- 
proof" colony houses, breeding houses, and laying houses. 

Lesson 2. Modern Poultry Houses. A still further ap- 
plication of the principles of poultry house construction dis- 
cussed in the previous lesson, with plans and descriptions of all 
styles of poultry houses. 

Lesson 3. Poultry Equipment, Appliances and Accessories. 
A great deal of money, time, and trouble can be saved by the 
construction of numerous handy devices and appliances. This 
important lesson is devoted almost exclusively to photographs, 
drawings, and directions for making trap-nests, feed hoppers, 
water fountains, broody coops, fireless brooders, shipping and ex- 
hibition coops, etc. 

Lesson 4. The Science and Practice of Poultry Feeding. A 
great deal of money can be saved, and better results obtained by 
knowing the relative values of the various feed-stuffs, how to 
compound your own rations, make your own chick feeds, etc. 
This lesson explains the principles of feeding, and shows you how 
to apply them, in a wonderfully clear and concise manner. 

Lesson 5. The Baby Chick. One of, if not the greatest, 
secrets of successful poultry raising, lies in the breeding pen. For 
this reason it has been thought best to devote an entire lesson to 
the welfare of the baby chick before the egg, from which he is to 



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be hatched, is laid. Every sentence is crowded with informa- 
tion of extreme importance. 

Lesson 6. Natural and Artificial Incubation. In this les- 
son you will get in plain, practical, readable language, the result 
of years of experience and investigation in hatching tens of 
thousands of baby chicks, both by natural and artificial methods. 
You are warned and prepared in advance for the obstacles which 
puzzle and discourage many an amateur. 

Lesson 7. Natural and Artifical Brooding. In this lesson 
you are given complete working instructions for housing, feeding 
and caring for the chicks from the moment they are hatched until 
they are full grown, and told how to do it most successfully and 
economically. 

Lesson 8. Poultry Diseases, Their Causes, Prevention 
and Cure. In this lesson the confusing technique of medical 
science is omitted, and the symptoms, causes, prevention, and 
cure of the various poultry diseases are given in common, every- 
day English. 

Lesson 9. Poultry Enemies and Parasites. The list of 
poultry enemies and parasites is long and formidable. They 
must be continually guarded against. This lesson tells how — 
gives the formulas and directions for making your own lice and 
mite killers, paints, powders, etc. 

Lesson 10. Poultry Farm Management. It is of vital im- 
portance that you have a thorough knowledge of the problems 
which every poultry farm manager must solve. These problems 
are treated in this lesson in an unusually clear and practical man- 
ner. 

Lesson 11. The Principles of Breeding and Mating. With 
scarcely an exception, it will be found that the secret of the suc- 
cess of those breeders who are forging ahead the most rapidly, 
lies in their mastery of nature's laws of reproduction. In this 
lesson these laws and principles are made so plain that even a 
child can understand them. 

Lesson 12. Selection and Breeding for Egg Production. 
The average Missouri hen lays in the neighborhood of 75 eggs. 
One thousand hens on the Missouri State Poultry Experiment 
Station last year averaged 160 eggs each. The hen that lays 
160 eggs a year is EIGHT TIMES as profitable as the hen that 
lays 75 eggs. In this lesson you are given the results of years of 
experience in selecting and breeding for egg production. There 
is no reason why YOUR hens should not average 150 eggs per 
year. 



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Lesson 13. The Commercial Egg Business. With the 
population of our cities increasing three times as rapidly as the 
population of the country, and the price of market eggs getting 
higher every winter, more and more attention is bound to be 
paid to the market egg business. Every time you take a basket 
of eggs to market, you will draw a cash dividend on this lesson. 

Lesson 14. The Market Poultry Business. The first sec- 
tion of this lesson deals with the possibilities of the market poul- 
try business, and with the problems of production. The second 
section gives thorough, practical, and complete instructions for 
killing, dressing, packing, and marketing the various classes of 
poultry. 

Lesson 15. Capons and Caponizing. A cockerel that sells 
on the market for 90 cents, would, if a capon, bring from $1.50 
to $2.50. This lesson tells you in minute detail how to perform 
the operation, how to care for and fatten the capon, how, when 
and where to market, etc. 

Lesson 16, 17, 18. The Breeds of Poultry. The American 
Standard of Perfection will serve as the text book for these three 
lessons, including one general lesson on scoring and judging, and 
one special lesson on judging, selecting, and mating the particular 
variety in which you intend to specialize. You will find these 
lessons of absorbing interest and lasting value. 

Lesson 19. Establishing a Profitable Trade in Pure Bred 
Poultry. The pure bred poultry business is both fascinating and 
profitable, when engaged in by the person who has, prepared for 
success by making a careful study of its problems in advance. 
Those problems are forcefully dealt with in this lesson. 

Lesson 20. Fitting and Exhibiting Standard Bred Poultry. 
To "win the blue" in hot competition is to turn the eyes of the 
poultry world in your direction, which means an increasing trade 
at better prices. This lesson gives you plain directions for get- 
ting your birds up to standard weight rapidly, for training, wash- 
ing and fitting them, for shipping them safely in cold weather, 
their care at the show, etc. 

Lesson 21. Turkeys and Waterfowl. Either as a side line 
or a principal source of revenue, the raising of turkeys or water- 
fowl is one of the most profitable branches of the poultry in- 
dustry — if you know how. This you are taught in this lesson. 

Lesson 22. Intensive poultry Culture. This carefully 
written and intensely practical lesson is of special interest and 
value to every person who wishes to make his land yield the 



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largest possible revenue. The advice and special directions given 
are not theories. They have stood the test of time. They 
"work." 

Lesson 23. Poultry Leadership, Poultry Clubs, Organiza- 
tion, etc. Those poultrymen whose reputation and fame are 
increasing and spreading the most rapidly, are those who take 
an active part in the various poultry organizations. They know 
how to preside at a business meeting, how to draft a constitution 
and by-laws, — in short, how to make themselves generally useful. 

Lesson 24. Success or Failure — Which shall it be with You? 
This closing lesson is in the nature of a heart-to-heart talk in 
which the fundamentals of success and failure are discussed in a 
manner that cannot fail to arouse in you an unalterable deter- 
mination to succeed in the poultry business. You will rapidly 
agree that is the most valuable lesson of all. 

Correspondence. 

I have been connected with the poultry work in Missouri for 
the past ten years in some official capacity. I have seen the 
industry grow from the time when you could scarcely give eggs 
away in summer months, or at least they would not sell for more 
than three to five cents per dozen, until today when we are mar- 
keting approximately fifty millions of dollars worth of poultry 
and eggs annually and the demand is on the increase. During 
all this time, I have never known when there was a demand for 
more dependable information on poultry subjects than at the 
present time. In the past few years our correspondence has in- 
creased several hundred per cent. People write and request 
information on every imaginable subject pertaining to poultry 
raising. It has always been our purpose to answer all such 
letters promptly and fully and give aid to people in every county 
and city of Missouri. This service requires trained men and more 
stenographers and more postage and stationery. We are glad 
of the opportunity to be of service to the people of the State in 
any way possible and will continue to render that service as far 
as our ability and means will permit. 

State Poultry Show. 

In our opinion, the most complete and most successful State 
Poultry Show ever held in this or any other state was held at St. 
Louis in 1914. This show was held in the Coliseum. About 



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3,000 head of poultry was exhibited, and men and women from 
all parts of the State were present, exhibited their poultry, and 
took part in making this the greatest show we have ever held. 




View of the last Missouri Poultry Show held in St. Louis, Thanksgiving week, 1914. 
This was said to be one of the best poultry shows ever held in the United States. It was 
largely attended by people from all parts of Missouri and many other states. 



Lectures and demonstrations were made each day. The 
show was beautifully cooped. Addresses were made by many 
prominent poultry men and women. 

The following judges placed the awards: E. C. Branch, of 
Lee's Summit, Mo.; C. H. Rhodes, of Topeka, Kan.; C. A. Emry 
of Kansas City, Kan.; Adam Thompson, of Amity, Mo.; T. W 
Southard, of Kansas City, Mo.; Reese V. Hicks, of Brown's 
Mills, N. J.; and D. T. Heimlich, Jacksonville, Illinois. 

Fred Crosby of Kansas City filled the position of Secretary 
and Treasurer with credit to himself and to the state. 

Each afternoon and night lectures were made and demon- 
strations in various branches of the poultry industry were given. 
A few of the many interesting talks are found on the following 
pages. 



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FUTURE OF THE MISSOURI POULTRY INDUSTRY. 

(By A. A. Coult, St. Louis, Mo., President Missouri State Poultry Board.) 

The poultry industry of America has never had so promis- 
ing a future as at the present time. The contributing factors 
are increasing population and decreasing supply of meat animals 
raised in this country. There is no probability that the market 
price of eggs and poultry will again be less than they have 
during the past season, when they were quite profitable to the 
producers. 

Missouri poultry raisers are in position to get their share 
of the orders as the surplus poultry products from this State 
find ready markets in the great consuming centers of the coun- 
try. Our present estimated poultry production of $78,000,000 
a year should be doubled in the near future. 

Standard-bred poultry is the function for every successful 
poultry plant, whether it be half a dozen fowls on a city lot; 
the farm flock of 100 to 500 fowls; or the exclusive egg produc- 
ing plant of several thousand pullets. 

The egg laying contests conducted at the Missouri State 
Poultry Experiment Station at Mountain Grove have done 
more than any other agency to encourage the introduction of 
egg laying strains of standard bred poultry on Missouri farms 
and city lots. Previous to the holding of those contests there 
was a popular belief that some one breed of hens would pro- 
duce more eggs than any other and for that reason a large 
number of poultrymen were changing from one breed to another 
trying to find the most productive. The contests have shown 
them that egg laying strains in most every breed will excel 
in egg production the poorer laying strains in almost every 
other breed, so poultrymen now are breeding for the egg laying 
strain as well as for standard requirements. 

Lady Show You, the White Plymouth Rock hen which 
produced 281 eggs during the first egg laying contest was sold 
for $800 at close of contest. That amount of money will buy 
a thousand mongrel hens, which no doubt would lay more 
eggs in one year than Lady Show You, but the expense of feed- 
ing and caring for them during the year would reduce the pro- 
fit on the flock to less than could be realized on one good hen. 



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In most cases the mongrel flock would show a net loss at close 
of the year. 

The "Swat the Rooster" campaign originated by Mr. 
T. E. Quisenberry, director of the Missouri State Poultry Ex- 
periment Station, is based on such a logical fact, insurance of 
infertile eggs, that the United States Government has taken 
it up and is pushing it in several States where they are doing 
educational work. 

The loss on Missouri eggs which spoiled before reaching 
consumers amounted to several million dollars a year. During 
the hot weather of each season the trains could not run fast 
enough to get fertile eggs to distant markets before the eggs 
were unfit for food. The production of infertile eggs for market 
has almost eliminated the previous loss in quantity and has 
resulted in increasing the price to a considerable premium over 
ordinary market eggs. After two years of the "Swat the Rooster" 
campaign in Missouri, conducted by the Missouri State Poultry 
Experiment Station, the benefits are self evident and with a 
little publicity each year should result in increasing the prac- 
tice of killing or confining all male birds after close of the breed- 
ing season. All of the money which has been appropriated 
by the State for the support of the Missouri State Poultry 
Experiment Station does not amount to a fraction of one per 
cent of the total value added to Missouri egg sales in the last 
two years as the result of this one idea, which never would 
have been given to the poultry industry if the Station had 
not been established. 

Capons is another branch of the industry which is being 
rapidly developed in Missouri and as a result of field meetings 
and caponizing demonstrations in various sections of the State 
under the direction of the Missouri State Poultry Experiment 
Station. Capons of the American and English breeds should 
net a profit of one dollar each, over all expenses, at the age 
of ten to twelve months which gives a better income from in- 
vestment than any other live stock on a farm. Caponizing also 
eliminates hundreds of male birds, unfit for breeding purposes 
but which would be used as breeders if they had not become 
capons, so that this side line is a double blessing to the in- 
dustry. It creates a demand for better quality stock, which 
if properly selected improves the entire flock. 

Missouri has very few commercial poultry plants, most 
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there is not one farm in a thousand in the State which carries 
as large a stock of poultry as can be profitably raised to con- 
sume the waste grain and help keep down the grass hoppers 
and other injurious bugs and insects. 

Orchardists are beginning to realize the value of keeping 
poultry in their orchards to consume the insects and fertilize 
the ground. Turkeys can be raised profitably in all sections 
of the State, but especially so on farms which are not con- 
venient to railroads, as turkeys can be driven twenty to forty 
miles to the nearest shipping point. Turkey shipments from 
Lebanon are assembled there from a radius of forty miles and 
the yearly shipments from that station net the owners about 
$75,000 a year. The marketing is done for the Thanksgiving 
or Christmas holidays. The Missouri Ozarks do not produce 
a small fraction of the turkeys which can get practically their 
entire living on the range without expense to the owners. 

Poultry raising is not a get-rich-quick business for every 
body but those who give the subject a little thought and time, 
provide suitable houses and feed balanced rations to good stock 
are making money. 




LADY LAY MORE. 

Laid 286 eggs in the Missouri National Egg Laying Contest and tied the World' 
Contest Trap Nest record. 

P— 8 



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HOW I MAKE FARM POULTRY NET ME $721.57 

IN NINE MONTHS. 

By Mrs. Geo. L. Russell, Chilhowee, Mo. 

I like chickens; therefore, it is a great pleasure for me to tell 
you of my own flock, a flock that hasn't been expensively bred or 
widely advertised, but which has paid me $721.57 in the past 
nine months, from January first to October 1st. 

I wish you to bear in mind that I, like thousands of other 
farmers' wives, have a home to keep with children, farm hands 
and all the duties that belong to a farmer's wife. The time I 
spend with my chickens is therefore necessarily limited. 

On our farm our chickens are considered part of the farm 
work and when cleaning up time comes, (it comes often too) the 
men go in with the wagon and in a few hours' time clean all the 
houses and yards. I consider this cleaning time one of the most 
essential things in making poultry profitable. It is the neglect 
of this one thing more than anything else that lessens the profits 
on most farm flocks. If the men neglect their part of the work, 
can you expect the women to do theirs? I believe, however, if 
the farmers can be made to realize that these chickens can be 
made the most profitable part of the farm with the least amount 
of money invested and the least work, if done at the proper time, 
then they, too, will take an interest. 

I will not tell what others should do but what we have done 
and are trying to do. 

Our flock is composed of 300 Single Comb Brown Leghorns 
exclusively. We have had experience with Barred Plymouth 
Rocks and Black Minorcas, but were not getting the eggs we 
should, so decided on Leghorns and preferred the Browns, as 
the hawks and crows are not so disastrous to them. 

We have been breeding S. G. Brown Leghorns for five years 
and have been trying to produce a good laying strain. We feel 
that we are succeeding too, while it is not possible for us to take 
the time necessary for trap nesting, we have been following the 
best methods of selecting the egg type hen and breeding from 
these. Each fall our flock is carefully examined and hens that 
are not of the egg type are sold on the market. By studying the 
methods of such men as Walter Hogan and the results of the 
several experiment stations, we feel that we have made vast im- 



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provement in our flock. While we have been breeding for egg 
production, we have also been breeding with show qualifications 
in mind. We are trying to breed Brown Leghorns that will LAY 
and will also conform to the present American Standard. 

Our chickens have free range most of the time. Our breed- 
ing pens are large and this reduces our feeding expense. On 
most farms there is always more or less ground around the hen 
house that is not used for any especial purpose. We have made 
use of all this ground and with very little fencing. It has been 
sown to feed of some kind, sometimes wheat, oats, rape, cow 
peas and corn or kaffir corn. The chickens do the harvesting 
and all this saves on the feed bill wonderfully. The ground is 
also purified by the use of these crops. 

We find that it does not pay to feed the whole flock in winter 
for egg production, so each fall we select our oldest pullets and 
best yearling hens and place them in a house to themselves. This 
house has one half acre yard and is sown in wheat or rye for win- 
ter pasture. In this way we feed egg producing feed to hens that 
will lay in winter and are not wasting feed on hens that won't lay 
until spring. The rest of the flock and the roosters have the 
other two houses and are fed just enough to keep them in good 
healthy condition. 

Our laying house is 50 feet long and 10 feet wide, the middle 
part of the house is open front with muslin curtains. We keep 
a good deep litter of straw on the floor to make them work for 
their grain. In the morning they are fed wheat or oats, some- 
times both, and at night shelled corn. They have a long home 
made hopper filled with a dry mash consisting of two parts bran, 
one part corn meal, one part shorts, two-fifths parts commercial 
meat scraps, with a little salt added to the mixture. Their yard 
furnishes green feed for them as long as the weather stays open 
and this leaves only about two months to feed sprouted oats. 
They have boxes of oyster shell, grit, and charcoal before them 
all the time, also plenty of clean water. When we have had well 
matured pullets and followed the above method, we have had 
no trouble in getting winter eggs. 

We have tried to systematize our work in view of saving 
labor, so that I spend no more time attending my flock than does 
the general farm woman. We have all the feed in convenient 
places and the water piped in the yards. The piping of the water 
didn't cost much as pipe is cheap and the farm hands did the 
work, but it saves more labor than any convenience that I have 



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and the chickens have a constant supply of good water, which 
is a necessity for profitable egg production. 

We use incubators for hatching purposes as it is not possible 
to have early hatched chicks with Leghorn hens as they are not 
early setters. 

It is the early hatched chicks that are the money makers for 
us. Our best winter egg records have been when we have placed 
early hatched pullets in the laying house. The early hatched 
cockerels are profitable too. All that are not good enough to 
sell later on as breeders are sold on the market and bring about 
twice as much as the later hatched chicks. 

When the little chicks are dry, we remove them from the 
incubator and place them on top in soft lined baskets or boxes. 
Their first feed is given when they are from 48 to 72 hours old. 
It consists of a little sand, rolled oats and dry wheat bran sprin- 
kled in their boxes. I have best success when I teach them to 
eat and drink before I take them to the brooder house. 

The brooder house is 10 by 12 feet, the south side is nearly 
all windows so that the sunlight will be on the floor. Timothy 
hay chaff makes a fine litter for them to scratch in. A year ago 
last spring our barn burned and my chicks were ready to put out 
that day, but all the chaff had been burned. I sent one of the 
men over to a neighbor's with sacks to get chaff, which caused 
them much amusement. Nevertheless, the neighbors often 
dropped in and watched that same bunch of chicks working for 
their feed, and later on, when they were eating early fried chicken 
with me, they were glad they had chaff to give. 

We heat the brooder house with an old stove which is separ- 
ated from the chicks by means of wire netting. In day time 
they have the run of the whole house, but at night are separated 
into pens of about 50 each, with wire panels. Each pen has a 
home made hover which has proven very successful. I believe 
more incubator chicks are lost by poor methods of brooding 
than improper feeding. The most essential part in a hover is 
to have it so constructed that it will have plenty of fresh air. 
Ours are small square frames (an old picture frame is just the 
thing) with legs about three inches long nailed in each corner. 
Cover this frame with wire netting and tie to it strips of woolen 
cloth cut into fringe, letting it hang almost to the floor. This 
admits plenty of fresh air and the woolen fringe keeps them warm 
in a heated room. 



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I continue feeding rolled oats for several days when fine 
chopped corn and wheat is added to the scratch feed. As soon 
as they are put in the brooder house, little hoppers are filled with 
dry wheat bran mixed with a little ground charcoal. This is 
kept before them all the time. If possible I give no other drink 
but sour milk until they are ten or twelve days old. This gives 
them a good start and the dreaded white diarrhea is not apt to 
appear later than this. At the end of about three weeks, the 
rolled oats are eliminated and they are fed corn and wheat. We 
buy rolled oats by the hundred pounds, it being very little higher 
than other food. 

Little chicks are not hard to raise if they can have plenty of 
attention. They take almost constant care until they are two 
weeks old. Last spring I lost 500 of my earliest ones through 
inability to care for them myself. It was one cold day in early 
March and the little fellows found a hole in the wire netting, got 
to the stove and crowded under, getting too warm. Well — they 
all died in about five days from the effects of it. I was certainly 
discouraged, but kept on trying and this fall I have as pretty a 
bunch of pullets and cockerels as I have ever raised. They have 
done unusually well if they were a little late. 

We mark our pullets each year so as to know their age. We 
use either leg bands or a poultry punch. I prefer the punch. 
Our greatest difficulty in our poultry work is in being able to re- 
new our flock each year with enough pullets. I have reasonable 
success in raising my chicks to frying size and count the pullets 
at that age. In the fall when they are being put into winter 
quarters, they always fall short. What becomes of them and 
how to avoid it puzzles me. I wonder if other farmers have the 
same trouble. I know a great many of my neighbors do. I feel 
sure that at times we have had some stolen and the varmints 
made away with some. Then too, some years we have hogs that 
cultivate a taste for chickens. You farmers won't admit that 
your hogs eat chickens especially that fine registered sow that 
you paid about $50 for. It is mighty hard to get the proof against 
that kind, but we had to sell about all we had several years ago 
on that account. I believe that the farmers lose thousands of 
dollars each year through the hogs, so when we build our new hen 
house it will be farther away from the hog pens and houses. 

Until this year we have always sold our eggs on the common 
market and have never thought much about a special egg market. 
At the end of last year I was estimating how many eggs I had 



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sold in 1913, and it amounted to 1,630 dozen. If I had received 
five cents more on the dozen, it would have given me $81.50 more 
profit as the expense of the labor would have been very little more. 
I resolved to find a better egg market and we have had quite a 
little experience in finding one. In fact, we got $9 worth of ex- 
perience from a man in St. Louis while looking for a better egg 
market. We finally found a reliable creamery firm in Kansas 
City that paid us one cent above first quotations and returned the 
cases. This was about five cents more than we could get at home 
for them. 

This last spring we spent about $25 in advertising eggs for 
hatching and our investment paid us well. We sold our eggs at 
reasonable prices and sold a good many eggs, but this market does 
not last long. 

I have told you how we care for, raise and feed our flock, now 
I will tell you what they have paid me. From January 1st, to 
October 1st, nine months, we have sold $571.57 in eggs and stock. 
The young stock we have left on the place would easily bring me 
$310 if I care to sell it, however, we keep all the pullets (and since 
then we have sold the majority of the cockerels.) This makes a 
total of $881.57 on the credit side. I have kept account of all 
the feed and it amounts to $131.60. Our advertising and baskets 
was $28.40 or a total expense of $160. This leaves me a net profit 
for my work of $721.57 for nine months, or $80.15 per month. 
This may seem small to you who are running commercial egg 
farms, but for a farm flock, I am not ashamed of my efforts, and 
in comparison with other farm flocks that I know, it makes a 
good showing. 

One day last spring I was talking to one of my neighbors 
who has about the same size flock as mine but was of a different 
breed. She said her hens had not laid all winter and was just 
selling her first case that day. She would hardly believe it when 
I told her that I had sold $751.00 worth of eggs in March, which 
was my largest sales for the nine months. This was an unusual 
case, however, as most farm flocks lay well for a few months in 
the early spring. 

I was talking to one of our leading merchants last year just 
before the drouth ended. He was pretty blue and said to me, 
"Mrs. Russell, the farmers just haven't the money to pay their 
bill and it makes it hard on us." "Don't you get in any eggs?" 
I asked. "If it wasn't for the eggs and chickens, we wouldn't 
be here. But you would be surprised," he continued, "to know 



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of the farmers that do not sell an egg or any kind of produce. 
They say there isn't any money in such things." 

Now isn't there? Let me give you a few figures from our 
farm. During the last eight years we have averaged having 
seven brood mares on the place, worth about $200 each. We 
have sold from these $2,280 in colts. During the same time we 
have kept from 150 to 300 hens. I have sold from these hens 
$2,012.68. The mares show an investment of some $1,400 while 
the chickens are only valued at $200 to $300 at most. Which do 
you consider the best investment? Then too, we have lost one 
mare every two years, which takes $700 or $800 off of the profit 
of the mare investment. 

We are planning some improvements for next year. We do 
not intend to go into the commercial egg farming business, but 
we want to give our chickens a chance to pay us the largest profit 
possible with a minimum amount of labor. It will take good 
equipment for this. We are going to increase our flock to 500 
hens, build them a modern laying house 20 feet by 100 feet with 
all the labor saving equipment that we know of. We are going 
to try to make these 500 S. C. Brown Leghorns pay us a net profit 
of $1,000 per year. Whether we do this or not depends upon 
our ability to care for the larger number as well as we have our 
present flock of 300 hens. 



THE MISTAKES WE MAKE. 

By John J. Schmidt, De Soto, Mo. 

We should all strive to learn from each other's experiences 
and to profit by avoiding the mistakes others have made. "Show 
me a man who never made a mistake and I will show you a man 
who never did anything." So those who try to do something 
worth while in this world will also find that they will make mis- 
takes, but that should not discourage us in the least. If we make 
them but once they are the best teachers, and if we learn to avoid 
them it will lead us on to success. I think this is true in poultry 
business as well as in any other business. 

I recall the time when I first started out to make a beginning 
of the poultry business. I began with good stock, and bred 
fowls with white plumage, and I had such a strong desire to 
raise show birds or winners in the fancy points that I forgot in 
my wild illusion to take heed of the mistakes I was making. I 
bred for exceptionally white color and in so doing I lost all the 



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vigor by selecting all breeders with dead white plumage, and 
these were too often birds of low vitality which I overlooked in 
my eagerness to reach the goal. The result was that I lost every- 
thing that I was seeking both in show and utility. This mis- 
take taught me a lesson never to be forgotten that the first thing 
we must carefully consider is health and vigor, for without these 
for our foundation, we will make a miserable failure both in 
utility as well as in the fancy line. It taught me this lesson, to 
weed out all weaklings from chick to mature fowl, not to tolerate 
any fowl that has ever shown any signs of weakness and if it 
should be our most valuable bird or the one we admire most, 
and right here I wish to state the greatest mistake we all make is 
in not culling as severely as we should or to allow too many im- 
perfections to creep in, imperfections in vigor and in show points, 
hoping to be able to breed them out instead of weeding them out. 

Our watchword should be "use only the survival of the 
fittest," in our breeding pens and cull without mercy, so to speak. 
This will mean success in your work as a poultry man. It will 
bring you the best returns for time and labor spent. Vigor will 
win for you in the show room, other things being equal, and vigor 
will pay you the best profits in the utility flock, and lack of vigor 
will lose out in the show room and lack of vigor in your flock will 
wipe out your profits. Now, I do not want to make the mis- 
take of impressing upon you that vigor is the only thing wanted, 
but that it is the foundation upon which we can safely build the 
most profitable business in the poultry line. Next in importance 
to vigor in the fancy line I would place shape and color, and in the 
utility line, egg record, shape and color of eggs, etc. 

I am a firm believer that the show and utility points can be 
combined in the same fowl by selecting as breeders only those 
show birds with high egg records. The Standard of Perfection 
should not conflict in any way with the requirements of utility 
but should conform to it closely, and I think the Standard Revi- 
sion Committee making the new Standard of Perfection is seeing 
"the handwriting on the wall" and will act accordingly. 

Too many make the vital mistake of fairly rushing into the 
poultry business on a large scale and too often without any ex- 
perience, whereas in nine cases out of ten the better plan is to 
begin moderately and proceed step by step making the poultry 
pay its way, first on a small scale, then on a larger scale. 

A great many of us make mistakes in feeding. To feed 
right is quite an art, to vary the rations to suit the requirements 
of the fowls in the different seasons of the year, and the different 



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periods of the fowls' lives. We do not as a rule study this sub- 
ject as it should be to obtain the best results. Too many of us 
overfeed and get our flocks out of condition. It requires close 
observation and a keen eye to discover all the irregularities in 
the flock and to take prompt action to relieve them. 

A great majority starting in the poultry business have read 
a great deal of the success achieved by successful poultrymen, 
and the great amounts that were cleared in this business, and 
expect to do likewise, perhaps not taking into consideration the 
time and money spent by these successful poultrymen in getting 
their plants on a paying basis. In other words, we forget the 
price we must pay for success in any line of business. We should 
all remember in order to achieve success in any line of business 
it requires our best efforts and a clear understanding of the sub- 
ject in hand, not only in a theoretical way but in a practical way. 
To use the old slang phrase, "we must have good horse sense" 
in order to get along in this world. We must have a good system 
of keeping a correct record of our expenditures and our receipts. 
Without this we cannot hope to make a success in the poultry 
business. We should never be ready to jump into anything new 
that would come up, but carefully analyze it and if we think there 
is any merit in it, try it in a small way and then if it should not 
prove the right thing, we have only a small loss. On the other 
hand, if we should put our whole business into the new method, 
it would spell ruin to us. Without theory we probably can make 
a success in the poultry business if we are thoroughly familiar 
with the practical side, but the reverse will always mean failure, 
that is, all theory and no practical knowledge at all. We should 
ever bear in mind the old motto, "never be in the first on which 
the new is tried or the last to lay the old aside." If the methods 
we are using are bringing us good returns, we should be slow to 
exchange them for some more promising unless we have tried 
out the other methods and found them superior. 

Now the best requisite for a poultryman, I should think, 
would be a thorough love for the business and the fowls he is 
handling. If we have this we will be ever watchful and try to 
improve conditions as we go along, and to overcome small dis- 
appointments as well as larger ones, and go on with a determina- 
tion to make a success in the business. It is this "stick-to-it" 
determination with a good clear mind and close observance, know- 
ing just what we are doing that will finally bring the long sought 
for success. 



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SOME THINGS WHICH A COUNTY POULTRY ASSOCIA- 
TION CAN DO TO CREATE A GREATER IN- 
TEREST IN MORE AND BETTER 
POULTRY. 

By Mrs. A. K. Guyton, Butler, Mo. 

If you expect to permanently better the condition of poultry 
in your own county, you must first be an enthusiast yourself. 
The next move should be a county organization. Any good, 
strong, reliable poultry association can do what has placed Butler, 
Missouri, on the map and advertised it as nothing short of stage 
robbers, or war could have done. All the time you are working 
you must look ahead. Don't look at the fee of $1 or whatever 
your dues may be. Consider the persons themselves and know 
whether they will be a help to you or to themselves alone. Many 
a person has joined an association solely for the good it will do 
them, and selfishly do nothing for the organization. Of course 
you will readily understand the selfish ones are most always of 
the masculine gender (our failure to win the ballot proves that) 
and I'm not a suffragette either. But one cannot be Secretary 
of a County Poultry Association without a certain amount of 
suffering, and if you ever expect to establish a family tree, to 
avoid any work of tracing back, get you a job as secretary of some- 
thing like a poultry show. But seriously, there's bushels of 
pleasure derived from the work for you meet some of our smartest 
and best people and each year adds a few more to our rank. 

After the organization is formed you must have the hearty 
co-operation of your merchants in a poultry show. A square 
deal to all, a judge who isn't afraid of spending some extra time 
showing people their mistakes and how to improve same, and 
who never forgets the beginner nor the exhibitor of just one or 
two birds. They really need more help and consideration than 
older ones at the business. It is very easy to discourage new 
recruits. Give them all the help you can and they may become 
your "Standbys". 

If you have the faculty of treating every one alike and have 
no personal friends at show time (chances are you won't have 
many afterwards) you will be a blessing in disguise. As a good 
example to follow, I refer you to our Mr. Quisenberry. 

City people and those living close by have one advantage 
over the ones living far out. We can attend all lectures, etc., and 



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this part of the work has been bothering me for sometime. As 
these people cannot come to us for various reasons, we must take 
the work to them. And there is no better way than the Field 
meetings which should be held farther away from the towns. 
If we only have five or six in attendance of those who are trying 
so hard to better their poultry, we have accomplished more than 
with an audience of 100 who have always had the opportunities. 
It is most always the woman who looks after the poultry and in 
summer time the horses are always busy. In winter time the 
roads and weather, perhaps a large family, prevents her coming 
to town, and then there is a chance of Hubby attending. But 
he may be one of those who always has a grouch at the hen be- 
cause she wasn't created to live without eating. I've been fussing 
for some time because the work was not being taken in to some 
of the places that are far out. There is only one way to reach 
them and that is through the State Board. As the Board is 
composed of men, if we women folk will fuss enough, I'm sure 
they will get tired of us and help us out to get us to hush. We 
must remember that everyone we are helping one individual get 
started with good poultry, we are helping many more for every- 
one influences someone else. There aren't very many breeders 
of scrub stock that can live by someone who breeds thorough- 
breds and not fall into line. There is another side. If you are a 
business man or woman, you need the diversion of raising poultry. 
You need the outdoor exercise and sunshine and the more deal- 
ings you have with people, the more you'll love your biddies. 
When some one pounces on you for what you have done or 
have not done, you can apparently be listening, but be making 
your next summer's plans and when you go home, you'll always 
find a welcome from the biddies at least. If you are an idler, 
you need something to do, and rest assured you'll soon cease to 
be an idler or go broke. If you want work to kill any trouble, 
you may have, the poultry business will supply that. It would 
be a sure enough grouch who could fail to enjoy feeding a bunch 
of hens (and when he hears that contented happy singing way 
in which they tell you how much they appreciate the grain you 
have given them, and repay you with a well filled egg basket and 
thereby hangs the tale of the financial side). 



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MARKETING OR SELLING FANCY POULTRY. 

By Mrs. Melvin Gregg, Stanberry, Mo. 

The breeding of fancy poultry is an art, but it requires as 
much gray matter to dispose of them profitably as it does to 
breed them. 

In the first place, the breeder must exhibit his birds, and 
win, in order to convince the public that he can breed good birds 
and to get his winnings before the public he must advertise in 
some manner. 

It then becomes necessary to use space in the poultry papers, 
farm journals, and various other ways of getting your birds be- 
fore the public. This is one of the most essential parts of the 
business, as the breeder's success, financially, depends almost 
entirely on the advertising. Every ad should be keyed in such 
a manner that every inquiry from that ad can be traced in order 
to know the results of the advertising. This may be done in the 
country by using route numbers above the number of routes 
radiating from that Post Office. In the city a box, or street 
number different from any used at that office may be used, to 
be sure it is necessary that the postmaster, and carrier under- 
stand why these numbers are used. 

Every name secured by these inquiries whether they prove to 
be a customer or not should be placed in alphabetical form in a 
book for that purpose, as this list of names is one of the chief 
assets of the breeder. 

In placing these names on the mailing list a space at the 
right or left of the name should be used to keep a record of the 
ad from which the name was secured, and by keeping a record of 
all sales, it may be easily ascertained where the advertising is 
paying the best. Not only which brings the most inquiries, 
but from which advertising the greatest number of sales are made, 
and also which brings the customers that buy the fancy, or higher 
priced stock. 

Usually the fancy stock is sold through advertising in the 
poultry papers, and the cheaper stock is sold through the farm 
papers to farmers who are not breeding fancy stock, but want to 
keep their flock pure. 

There are many surprises in store for the advertiser, at 
times where the best results are expected, the results are the 






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poorest, and possibly where the least is expected, the best results 
are obtained. 

Carelessness in advertising will reflect upon the breeder as 
being careless in breeding. Carrying an ad upon eggs for hatch- 
ing long after the hatching season is passed, or exhibition, or 
breeding stock out of season, proves the breeder runs at least a 
part of the business in a slip shod manner, and many times this 
is the cause of poor results in advertising. 

The mailing list should be revised occasionally and the names 
of those who do not appear to be interested, should be dropped 
and thus give room for new names that are received without get- 
ting a greater number of names on the list than it is desired to 
issue circulars to annually or semi-annually as the case may be. 
It is very important to mail a circular or catalog to all those on 
the mailing list just preceding the hatching season. Usually 
the best customers are those who have been receiving these 
catalogs for sometime, and have become acquainted with the 
breeder and flock, so to speak. They will then trust the breeder 
with an order for fancy or show birds that they would not trust 
to a breeder the first time the name was seen in print. 

All correspondence should be answered promptly, and when 
an inquiry is received, the breeder is often puzzled how to answer, 
especially if the inquiry is something like this: "Please give me 
prices on your Langshans." Time and space will not permit 
describing every bird in the flock. Shall we describe and price 
males or females, shall we price old or young birds, shall we price 
single birds, trios, or pens? Such inquiries do not come from 
one wanting to buy, as a person that means business tells what 
they want. 

Inquirers should state plainly what they want and for what 
purpose. If the show bird is wanted, the inquiry should so 
state and for what shows. The breeder should not sell birds to 
two parties to come in competition in the same show. The de- 
feated customer will be a dissatisfied customer. 

Breeders often try to decide what priced birds are wanted 
by the kind of stationery used, but this often misleads. 

As to the shipping coops, they should be light, strong, give 
comfort, and protection to the birds. 

It is not necessary that the coops look expensive, as the pur- 
chaser may look at the consignment and wish for more bird and 
less coop. 



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EDUCATED CAPONS. 

By Mrs. George Beuoy, Cedarvale, Kansas. 

Educated Capons or call it trained capons, if you like that 
better. In either case the task is a very simple one, and results 
are sure, a pleasure and profit all in one. The object of the train- 
ing being to get the capon to mother and take care of a brood of 
little chicks. Some people doubt the assertion that a capon will 
care for, cluck to and take better care of a brood of little newly 
hatched chicks than a mother hen. I know it to be a fact that 
a capon will do that very thing, because I have raised each year 
for the last six years an average of five hundred chickens and 
capons have during that time been my only means of brooding 
the little fellows. We have not during the last six years had a 
brooder of any kind on our farm, and practically all our chicks 
were raised with capons and I actually know that they are much 
better in every way with chicks than hens. 

Capons, like hens with little chicks, vary as to the individual, 
some are better than others. But out of the hundreds that I 
have trained, I have never as yet found a capon that would refuse 
to hover, cluck to and mother the little chicks, and I am here to- 
day to explain to you people exactly how we proceed when start- 
ing a capon with newly hatched chicks. 

First, you must understand that a capon is different from any 
other feathered creature. His nature has been changed by the 
simple operation necessary to make a capon and he no longer has 
an inclination to run with hens or other poultry. 

But you must remember that not even a capon likes to live 
a solitary lonesome existence, and in his effort to find companion- 
ship, the capon just naturally turns to the young and motherless 
young of his species. He simply takes conditions and the little 
chicks as he finds them and does the best he can. So you see 
you are not going to have any trouble to speak of in giving 
father capon his education. 

The main thing necessary is to have the capon gentle, be sure 
he is well powdered to free him of vermin. Handle him enough 
so that he will not be afraid of you and get acquainted with him. 
Out on the farm we always prepare a small yard and colony coop 
sometime before, usually about ten days before the hatch comes 
off, and place the capon in it at that time. This will give him 



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time to get located and accustomed to his new quarters and be 
contented with his surroundings before the little chicks are given 
him. All of which is very necessary if the best results are ex- 
pected. 

If the capon is a young one and has had no previous exper- 
ience it will be best to let the little chick be at least three days old 
before giving them to him. When everything is ready and the 
little chicks have arrived, wait until after dark. Your brood 
coop of course has no perches in it so you will find the capon 
hovering in one corner on the floor. Take five or six little chicks 
and place them under his wings and amongst his soft feathers, 
speaking to him in a gentle coaxing way all the time. Smooth 
his feathers out with your hand and close the door gently so that 
it will be quite dark in his coop. 

You must be up early in the morning just about daylight. 
This will be no hardship as all real poultry raisers have the habit 
of getting up early to see that everything progresses all right. 

If you have a real capon and instructions have been followed, 
nine times out of ten he will come out of the coop clucking and 
scolding with feathers ruffled and wings spread exactly like an 
old hen only more so. 

Now you have your educated capon. Very simply and easily 
done, worth many times the small amount of time and work. 
He will care for that brood after he has started and you may then 
add just as many more as you like, and he will accept them and 
make the best mother you ever saw. 

If you wish to change him to another brood of younger 
chicks, all that you will have to do is to wean him from the first 
ones. Shut him up for a day or so and start him with the young 
ones, giving them to him of an evening the same way as before 
and keeping the former brood away from him until he gets started 
with the new ones. You can repeat this as often as you like. 



SELECTION, BREEDING AND JUDGING POULTRY. 

By E. C. Branch, Lee's Summit, Mo. 

The greatest problem of today to the average poultry breeder 
is how to produce first class individuals, both male and female 
from certain matings that they are able to make from their 
flocks, or from individuals that they purchase for the especial 
purpose of mating. There has been a great amount of investiga- 



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tion done along breeding lines for a solution of this problem, 
with the result that it has been found that there are certain laws 
of breeding and laws governing breeding which must be followed 
if you would achieve success. One of the first of these laws is 
the matter of Selection. The breeding of all domestic animals 
comes under the same laws, no matter if it be cattle, hogs, sheep, 
horses, or poultry. I include domestic animals, because domestic 
animals as well as poultry are in nearly every instance mongrels 
to a certain extent, or evolutions from amalgamations of several 
bloods of the same species, therefore, under natural law are dif- 
ferent in most respects from the natural law which governs wild 
animals and birds, which are pure of their kind and not amal- 
gamations. 

The law of atavism, or reverting back to kind, is the indica- 
tor in domestic animals and fowls which keeps tab on the dif- 
ferent bloods in the individual, in wild animals and birds "like 
begets like" unerringly and they are all immune to the laws of 
inbreeding and atavism, because as far as the knowledge of man 
goes they have always been bred pure and are therefore the com- 
plete personification of atavism, or reverting back to the kind. 

The laws which govern the breeding of wild animals and 
birds and domestic animals and fowls are practically the same, 
the only difference being in the impurity of the domestic against 
the purity of the wild. The inevitable law of nature will surely 
make itself apparent wherever the fusing of two or more bloods 
occur. How then shall we overcome this law of reverting back 
to undesirable ancestry? The first and most important thing to 
consider is the matter of selection of individuals for breeding pur- 
poses, the next thing of importance is that these individuals shall 
be bred in line, that is, bred for certain characteristics or individ- 
uality, which characteristic or individuality you should have 
firmly imbedded in your mind before starting, so that you may 
know toward what goal you are working, whether it be shape, 
color, egg or meat producing qualities, any one of them or any 
combination of them. After you have decided on just what you 
want to produce, the first and most important matter is the selec- 
tion of individuals showing as many of the traits and characteris- 
tics of your ideal as it is possible to get. If you know anything 
of the ancestry of these birds, be governed in the selection by the 
traits of character of their ancestors as well as the individuals, 
because if you know their ancestors had the desirable traits of 
character that you want to have in your ideal, then you know it 



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is in the blood and the chances are that it will eventually show in 
the breeding. Deficiencies in any section of the female should 
be overcome by selecting a male that is strong and good in those 
same sections, or vice versa. This then will be the foundation 
for your line breeding and from them on, if you would attain 
your ideal you must be very careful what blood you introduce 
into your flock, because from an improper mating the work that 
has taken you perhaps years to accomplish, can be shattered by 
this one improper mating, or the introduction of undesirable 
blood. Practically all the breeds we have today have been made 
from a combination or amalgamation of different bloods, there- 
fore the breeder has digressed from the laws of nature and in his 
breeding operations must always be on the lookout for reversion. 
Breeds that have the two colors black and white as a com- 
bination come without any exception according to Nature's 
demands, that is, the male will be lighter in color than the female. 
This is not only so in domesticated breeds, but holds good in 
wild breeds, therefore in mating breeds with this combination of 
color, breeders must keep this demand of nature in mind and 
mate accordingly. Barred Plymouth Rocks must be mated in 
such a manner as to prevent the male from becoming much lighter 
than the female, which will surely happen if they are mated in- 
indiscriminately, Light Brahmas, Columbian Plymouth Rocks, 
and Columbian Wyandottes must be mated so as to prevent the 
male from losing the glossy greenish black stripe in the hackle 
and to produce the black markings in the wings and tail. White 
birds too were bred from, or were sports from parti-colored varie- 
ties, and there we find the cause for creaminess of plumage, gray 
ticking or peppering in the feathers, the law of atavism as the 
indicator has shown an excess of undesirable blood and the 
breeder should take note, just the same as an engineer would on 
seeing a red flag on the track ahead of him. In all pencilled and 
stippled varieties and breeds, it is the decree of nature that the 
males must have black breasts and bodies. Nature has also 
decreed that in every breed where the female is pencilled the 
male shall have a black stripe in his saddle and hackle and in 
every breed where the female is stippled, the male does not have 
this black stripe in either hackle or saddle. By careful selection 
in at least two varieties, namely the Brown and Silver Leghorn, 
but breeders of these varieties are well aware how soon Nature 
asserts itself and the males lose their stripes in both hackle and 

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130 The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 

saddle if not properly mated. Single Laced and Spangled breeds 
show a common source and origin in the history of such breeds 
and it is the law of single lacing that the male as well as the female 
shall be laced in every section. What are termed striped fea- 
thered in the hackle and saddle of the male is in reality a lacing 
if we take the shape of the feather into consideration. The ideal 
and harmony of this lacing in both male and female can most 
readily be seen and appreciated in its perfection in Seabright 
Bantams. We do not find any Red or Buff breeds among the 
wild birds, so they are distinctly odd or man-made breeds. The 
mating of these breeds calls for the greatest skill of the breeder 
if he would produce worthy specimens, as the old adage "like 
begets like" does not hold good here, the law of atavism being 
stronger than the law of progression. Take the Standard of 
Perfection for your ideal and guide, whether you are breeding 
for fancy or utility. Study well the laws and sub-laws of Nature 
in regard to breeding. Use good common sense in the selection 
and mating of your breeders. Remember it takes time to achieve 
success. Do not get discouraged, but keep at it and you will 
reap your reward. 



THE AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION. 

By S. T. Campbell, Mansfield, Ohio. 

Missouri has long been known, not only as the greatest 
poultry state, but the most progressive commonwealth in poultry 
culture. The good women and men of your State take pride in 
doing all things well. In the production of poultry and eggs 
they consider quality as well as quantity. 

The American Poultry Association was organized in the 
City of Buffalo forty years ago. The men founding this great 
international organization builded wiser than they knew. Little 
did they dream that within the life time of some of the organizers, 
the small beginnings in poultry culture, then not considered 
worthy as an asset, would during their existence, grow into a 
billion dollar industry, and be recognized by the United States 
Government as one of the greatest agricultural pursuits. 
I. K. Felch, the nester of American poultry culture, still lives, 
and while past eighty years of age, is yet raising poultry and is a 
live American Poultry Association member. 



The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 131 

Missouri has been justly recognized by the American Poultry 
Association by the selection of its citizens to represent this 
organization, on committees of importance. First, when the 
commercial branch of the poultry industry was seeking recog- 
nition, and a standard for market poultry and eggs was desired 
by which poultry and eggs could be classified and judged, in 
making up this important committee the most experienced men 
were called to service. Here Missouri furnished a member in the 
person of Mr. T. E. Quisenberry, a true and tried poultry man. 

Again, when a qualified judge was wanted, E. C. Branch was 
drafted to serve on the Standard Revision Committee and the 
Editing and Publishing Committee. One more point of recog- 
nition for the "Show Me State." and after making strenuous 
efforts to secure the services of a professor to prepare the matter 
for the American Poultry Association Text Book, to be used for 
elementary instruction in the public schools, the Association 
was pleased to recognize in Mr. C. T. Patterson of Missouri, the 
man qualified for this, one of the best steps ever taken in the in- 
terest of progressive poultry culture by the American Poultry 
Association. 

When an experienced business man was wanted for the As- 
sociation Finance Committee, Mr. Henry Steinmesch was called 
to serve in this important capacity. Mr. V. 0. Hobbs is a mem- 
ber of the Executive Board from Missouri, and when Bronze 
Turkeys are wanted to win at the great Eastern shows, Miss 
Jennie Ferry furnishes them. Great is Missouri! 

The object of a poultry institute is to bring to our attention 
the accumulated knowledge, thought and ideas of those engaged 
in poultry culture. It is not my purpose, nor is it necessary, to 
discuss the history and development of the poultry industry. 

I take it that those who are gathered here are rather more in- 
terested in information which might, perhaps, enable them to get 
the greatest good from their co-operation with each other, and 
from the knowledge obtained from those experienced in every 
phase of the poultry industry, who will talk to you during this 
Institute. 

Let us, for a few moments, turn to the statistics as compiled 
by those engaged in the work of instructing and investigating in 
poultry husbandry. In 1913, for instance, the surplus poultry 
products of American farms were valued at about one billion 
dollars. That is to say, that much was sold on the market, in 



132 The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 

addition to the immense quantities consumed by the producers 
themselves, estimated at twice as much. 

But taking the $1,000,000,000 for purposes of comparison, 
this huge sum is $419,000,000 greater than the entire gold output 
of the United States for the past ten years. 

In other words, the surplus poultry products sold in one 
month in the open market are greater in value than the entire 
gold output of the United States for a whole year. 

The grain crops of the United States average $500,000,000 
worth a year — not much more than half the surplus poultry 
products. 

There is sold in the United States a little more than $500,- 
000,000 worth of lumber every year— nearly $500,000,000 less 
than the surplus poultry products. 

All the cotton sold in this country in a year amounts to only 
$700,000,000, $300,000,000 less than the surplus poultry pro- 
ducts. 

The average annual sale of hogs amounts to $500,000,000 or 
$500,000,000 less than the poultry products. 

One might multiply these statistics indefinitely but only the 
same thing would be proven over and over again. 

The American Hen is the greatest of all our national re- 
sources. The same old hen in her improved and progressive 
condition, who used to be the source of the farmer's wife's pin 
money, and not many years ago hardly regarded worth the 
farmer's consideration as an asset. Poultry keepers, think over 
this and reap a harvest that awaits you in the profitable and at- 
tractive occupation of poultry culture. 

The fact that, within the past few years, poultry has taken 
its place — and an imposing one, too — in the literature of the 
times; that men of genius and learning have devoted themselves 
to its investigation; that its principles and its system have be- 
come matters of study and research; and that the results of this 
labor of inquiry have been given, and still continue to be given, 
to the world at large, in the form of treatises on poultry science, 
has at length introduced the question among the Fraternity, 
why not organize? 

Since the world began, organization has been the keynote to 
success in every avocation of life. At the building of King Solo- 
man's Temple, the workmen realized that when the temple was 
completed, they must seek employment in other lands, that they 
might be accorded generous treatment and receive the best 



The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 133 

wages, an organization was perfected. From this foundation, 
the first and greatest fraternal organization the world has ever 
known was established, and today the sun never ceases to shine 
on this great and good society. 

The American Poultry Association has done and is doing 
much for the poultry industry of America. We should organize 
all poultry keepers into societies and clubs; every township, 
village, town, city and county must organize, must have an as- 
sociation, representative of this important and growing industry. 
These local associations can be a part — a branch of the state as- 
sociation, which are a part of the parent body. 

The American Poultry Association is so organized, having 
associations in every state; each state having representation on 
the Executive Board, and its representative being entitled to 
one vote for every one hundred absent members, thereby in- 
suring each state representation, home rule and self government. 
We now have about six thousand members, but should have ten 
thousand enrolled; and if each one interested in the up building 
of the poultry industry will do his or her part, it will not be long 
until we have an organization that will rank second to none in 
all the world. 



BUILDING UP A TRADE IN FANCY TABLE EGGS. 

By Henry Steinmesch, St. Louis, Mo. 

Keeping chickens probably appeals to more people and more 
different classes of people, than any other occupation; to the 
working man with a little back lot, and the man with a larger lot 
and probably a little more pretentious quarters; to the subur- 
banite with still more room; to the business man with his country 
residence; and last but not least, to the farmer with his acres all 
over the wide country. Was there ever a farmer any time or 
anywhere, that did not keep chickens? What does all this 
signify? What does it mean? It means that there is an occu- 
pation that everyone can take a hand in. The old and the young, 
the boys and the girls, in Maine as well as in California, and from 
the Lakes to the Gulf. This whole; wide country is our field, 
and another point, while other crops may suffer in the East or 
the West, the North or the South, from too much rain or too 
little, too much cold, or too much heat, the lien goes on in the 
even tenor of her way. Hot or cold, rain or shine, year in and 



134 The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 

year out, she produces her crop unfailingly, and with the pro- 
gress of education, she is producing bigger crops, and better 
crops. We have had verses written on the Hen we have heard 
her extolled to the skies, but after all, getting down to brass 
tacks, the upper most question with most people is — "Is there 
money in chickens?" I will say very emphatically, "Yes". 
Now, let me cite a few cases that have come under my personal 
observation. One is that of a street cleaner in this city who has 
a small back yard with a rather rickety shed which he has patched 
up so it is dry. It is cleaned two or three times a week. He has 
twelve to twenty hens, and after buying feed, he has made a net 
profit of $7.20, after he and his wife used what eggs they wanted 
themselves. Another party working in a factory has thirty 
chickens, raises some, sells eggs for hatching, and after keeping a 
close record on his expense and his income he had a net profit of 
$38.00. A few days ago a lady told me she had sold $170.00 
worth of chickens and eggs this year. She has a good sized city 
lot, does all the work herself although she doesn't have to. Her 
husband is a business man, but she likes the work. She hatched 
less than one hundred chicks, but has thoroughbred stock and 
takes good care of it. I can cite many just such cases around St. 
Louis. 

However, I am not adhering strictly to the text, and I will 
now speak on "Building up a trade in Fancy Table Eggs." To 
begin with, I will make the statement that at no time from one 
year's end to the other, is the supply of fancy table eggs equal 
to the demand. Commencing with March and continuing 
through April and May we have a run of good eggs, even the 
freshest of these do not come under the head of fancy table eggs. 
Fancy table eggs must be uniform in size and uniform in color, 
all white shell eggs preferred. They must be clean, even to a 
fly speck, and they must be fresh gathered, and that means 
gathered every day, and in warm weather, two or three times a 
day, kept in a temperature of 50 to 80 degrees, and placed on the 
market not more than seventy two hours old. To market such 
eggs at a premium is the next point. Sometime ago, a young 
lady whose parents had been in good circumstances, but had met 
with reverses, decided she would sell eggs from a flock of chickens, 
they always kept on their country place, and she sold them to her 
acquaintances at fifty cents a dozen and they were in big demand 
at that price, but not all of us have friends that will buy eggs 
when we have them to sell. I know of many cases where eggs 



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were brought in by working men in factories and clerks in large 
offices and disposed of to their fellowmen for a big premium. 
However, to get back to my text, I will say first, get the eggs, 
next, be as fair to the buyer as you would have him be to you 
whether you sell eggs to your country storekeeper or ship them 
to other cities. You must first establish your reputation, you 
must show your customers that your eggs are nicer and better 
than the other fellow's, and you will have to do this in the be- 
ginning at regular market prices, and just as sure as the best 
barrel of apples or the best bushel of potatoes will bring more 
money, just so will the best eggs bring more money. I think 
it was Emerson who said "If a man can write a better book, 
preach a better sermon or make a better basket than his neighbor, 
though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a 
beaten path to his door." 

A case brought to my attention sometime ago, of a large 
producer of fancy table eggs who had trouble in getting a fancy 
price who finally picked the customer he wanted. He furnished 
his choice eggs at market price for three months to introduce his 
goods, as it were. At the end of three months, he asked for a 
new deal at five cents per dozen over the market, and the buyer, 
a large first class hotel, willingly paid the increased price. At the 
end of six months, he called for another deal at ten cents over the 
market, and he got that, and is getting it today, and the only 
trouble is, he cannot furnish as many eggs as this hotel wants. 
He kept up the quality and has had no trouble in keeping up the 
price. The principal trouble with this egg business is that while 
the buyer is willing to take the eggs all the year round, and pay 
the price, yet the seller cannot furnish the eggs all the year round. 
The hens go to setting or moulting or just quit, and the big res- 
taurant or hotel, who has been paying thirty cents a dozen, when 
market eggs were selling for twenty-five cents, cannot get the 
kind of eggs he wants at forty cents per dozen. The whole 
question simmered down then is not one of getting fancy prices 
for fancy table eggs, but rather a question of supply and de- 
mand and a plain business proposition, that if I agree to buy 
from you ten dozen eggs every day for 360 days the year, at 
seven cents per dozen above the daily market quotation, will 
you on your part enter into a legal binding contract to supply me 
with ten dozen fancy table eggs every day for 360 days, and if 
you do not furnish them, reimburse me for violation of contract. 
Hundreds of such contracts have been made verbally, and the 



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big hotels and restaurants in all large cities are responsible, and 
can be made to live up to such contracts, but they have been 
stung time and again because the other side fell down, and then 
they enter into a contract of that kind now, they want a binding 
contract, that they can recover damages on if the other side does 
not live up to their side. 

I would not like to have you think that my statements might 
be too elastic and will therefore quote from the N. Y. Journal of 
Commerce, November 29th, 1914, Eggs: — 



Fresh gathered . 



Refrigerator. 



Nearby and white eggs . 



Extra fine, dozen 

Extra firsts 

Firsts 

Seconds 

Undergrades 

Dirties No. 1 

Dirties No. 2, poorer 

Checks, poor to prime 

Checks under grades 

Special marks, fancy , charges paid 

Firsts, charges paid 

Seconds, charges paid 

Undergrades 

Western White 

State, Penn. and nearby hennery, whites, prime 
to fancy ; large new laid 

State Penn. and nearby hennery, whites defec- 
tive 

Gathered whites, as to size and quality 

Western, gathered whites 

State Penn. and nearby hennery, browns 

Gathered, browns and mixed colors 

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WHAT SCIENCE HAS DONE FOR THE POULTRYMAN. 

By E. L. Noyes, Kansas City, Mo. 

Before the man of science made any investigations in his 
laboratory to determine a proper feed and a balanced ration for 
poultry, the observing and practical poultry keeper had learned 
that he did not secure the best results when corn or wheat or any 
other one grain was fed alone to his poultry. From practical ex- 
perience and observation, he had learned some things about 
proper feed and balanced rations. He knew the effect or result 
but could not tell you the cause or reason, and if you should have 
asked him the reason why a mixed ration of grain and mill stuff 
gave a better result than corn or wheat fed alone, his answer 
probably would have been, "Because it is a better feed." He 
knew the result, but not the cause of the result. 



The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 137 

Now, when the man of science — the chemist, if you please — 
made the proper investigation and analysis in his laboratory, 
he was able to give us both the cause and effect, and to some ex- 
tent made the feeding of poultry an exact science. 

First, he took an egg into his laboratory. He found that 
the average egg weighed 875 grains, of which the shell and inner 
membrane weighed 93.7 grains, the white 529.8 grains, and the 
yolk, 221.5 grains; that the shell and membrane are composed 
almost entirely of lime, and a little magnesia and animal matter. 
More accurately, it is composed, in a hundred parts, as follows: 

Carbonate of lime 89.0 

Carbonate of magnesia 00 . 6 

Phosphate of lime 4.8 

Phosphate of magnesia 0.9 

Animal matter 4.7 

Applying deductive reasoning, he said, "A hen, to lay well 
and to maintain her vigor, must be given food which, when as- 
similated, will produce carbonate of lime, carbonate of magnesia, 
phosphate of lime, phosphate of magnesia, and animal matter; 
and as far as producing the shell and inner membrane, the above 
element should be in the food in the same proportion as the same 
appears in the shell and inner membrane." 

The chemist next took the contents of the egg, the white and 
yolk; his analysis showed that the eatable part of the egg was as 
follows: Water 65.7, ash 12.2, protein 11.4, carbohydrates 8.9. 
In a pullet's egg there is one per cent more fat than in a hen's 
egg, and 0.4 per cent less protein, and 0.6 per cent less ash. 

Then he took the body of a hen and found it was composed 
of the following elements: water 54.8; ash 3.8; protein 21.6; 
carbohydrates 17.0. 

Analysis of eggs and the bodies of hens will vary, and all 
tables do not agree exactly with the above. The age and bodily 
condition of a hen may change the result of an analysis. An 
egg produced by a hen on free range in the summer time, with- 
out any feed furnished her by her owner, living by her own ef- 
forts by foraging (her food being mostly grass and green stuff, 
a few bugs and worms), will run from 72 to 81 per cent water; 
such eggs are much inferior to eggs produced by a flock fed on 
a proper balanced ration. The same conditions exist between 
such eggs as exist between the corn fattened steer and the steer 
from the range. 

The several elements making up the body of the hen and the 
egg having been determined, and their percentage to each other, 



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it was a natural deduction that the food supply for laying hens 
should contain the same elements in the same or similar ratio. 
The next step was to ascertain the several elements contained in 
grains of various kinds. The following table is the general result, 
but may vary somewhat, the variations depending on the age of 
the grain analyzed, and its general condition: 



Kind of Grain or Feed Stuff. 


Protein 
per cent 


Carbyhy- 
drates pet. 


Fat per 
cent 


Ash per 
cent. 


Alfalfa 

Clover hay 


10.6 

6.0 

7.1 

5.7 

9.2 

9.1 

9.5 

9.1 

7.7 

18.0 

16.3 

11.8 

18.1 

9.1 

6.3 

12.6 

12.2 

37.0 

11.3 

16.2 

10.2 

25.0 

27.2 

59.1 

20.6 

68.4 

48.4 

2.9 

79.6 

1.1 

52.5 

.9 

29.6 


37.3 
30.0 
63.4 
53.5 
55.9 
69.7 
66.1 
44.7 
49.2 
56.0 
51.3 
66.9 
34.5 
72.4 
64.8 
44.1 
47.2 
16.5 
49.9 
35.5 
45.5 
49.4 
31.8 

1.9 
0.3 

5.2 

4.9 
33.2 

7.7 
17.7 


1.4 
1.1 
3.9 
1.3 
1.8 
1.4 
1.2 
4.1 
1.8 
0.9 

21.2 
4.0 
1.3 
3.6 
3.5 
2.9 
2.9 

12.6 
5.8 
5.3 
6.3 
5.6 
2.7 
2.3 
20.5 

18.5 

12.9 
2.1 

8.8 
0.11 
15.9 


5.9 
5 8 


Corn 

Kaffir corn 

Winter wheat 


1.5 
1.9 
1 8 


Rye 


1 8 


Rarley 


2 4 


White oats 


3 8 


Ruckwheat 

Peas 

Sunflower seed 


2.0 
2.6 
3 4 


Millet seed 




Cow peas 

Sorghum 

Corn meal, bolted 

Wheat bran 


2.7 

1.7 

5 8 


Wheat middlings no. 1 

Cottonseed meal 


3.8 
7.1 


Oat meal 


3.1 


Rrewers' grain (.dried) 

Malt sprouts 




Gluten meal 


0.8 


Linseed meal 


5.3 


Dried blood 


4.7 


Fresh bone 




Meat scraps 

Reef meal 


4.1 


Skimmed milk 


0.8 


Rlood meal : 




Mangles 

Peanut meal 


0.8 


Rutabagas 

Soy beans 


1. 







The percentage of water is omitted from this table. 

The man of learning who gave us the above information may 
not have known a Plymouth Rock from a Wyndotte, or that a 
side spring on the comb of a Single Comb White Leghorn, or a 
stub on the leg of a Rhode Island Red, would disqualify such a 
bird in a show room under the American Standard of Perfection 
published by the American Poultry Association. 

Under the above tables it will be seen that no one grain of 
feed stuff, consisting of only one article or element, made a bal- 
anced ration for poultry, and to make a balanced ration it took a 



The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 139 

combination of several kinds of grains, feed stuff, with meat or 
fish scraps. A formula was prepared for mixing the several kinds 
of grains, mill stuff, and meat, along exact and scientific lines, 
by the college man, for a balanced ration. He had done his work 
and done it well, but it was not completed and needed testing 
by the expert and practical poultrymen of the several experiment 
stations in the country. It was found that while rye was rich in 
several elements of food stuff, a hen would not eat rye if she could 
find most any other food. Cottonseed meal was rich in protein 
and fats, yet poultry did not like it as a ration, and failed to as- 
similate a large part of it. The formula had to be tested out and 
recast by the experts at the experiment stations. Poultry keepers 
through the poultry journals and official bulletins, are given 
the result of such investigations and experiments, investigation 
and experiments which most poultrymen did not have the time, 
money, or equipment to make for themselves. Large milling 
and feed companies were organized to manufacture and sell 
balanced rations for poultry, prepared from formulas issued by 
the investigators, and tested out by the experiment stations. 
In purchasing such balanced rations, be sure to patronize firms 
which have the proper equipment, skill and knowledge to proper- 
ly prepare a balanced ration along scientific lines. Some small 
feed dealers and other persons, seeing balanced rations sold on 
the market, have dumped together cheap and inferior grains and 
mill stuff, without any knowledge of what constitutes a balanced 
ration, and placed the same on the market. Be careful about the 
purchase of such feed. 

You may say that hens fed on all corn or wheat will lay eggs, 
and that such grains do not constitute a balanced ration, yel you 
received good results, which is true. But the same hens, fed on 
a proper balanced ration, would lay more and better eggs. When 
a hen is fed a non-balanced ration, she must balance the ration 
herself. If she is given her choice of several feeds and grains, 
she will by instinct choose a reasonably balanced ration. If the 
hen is allowed only one kind of grain, then she has no choice and 
cannot balance her ration, and it is left to her digestive organs 
and nature to make the best balance that can be made of the feed 
furnished. The result is a poor egg yield, less vigor, and not as 
good growth or condition as if furnished with proper food. If 
furnished an unbalanced ration she must consume more, and the 
elements not required to make a balanced ration are not as- 
similated, and are thrown off in the droppings and become a 



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loss, or makes unnecessary flesh, whereby the hen becomes too 
fat. When a completely balanced ration is fed, hens of the proper 
age and in proper condition will turn the surplus into eggs in- 
stead of fat, and the more feed you can get them to eat, the more 
eggs they will lay. 

The food which a fowl eats has several functions: First, 
to develop and maintain its organic structure; second, to keep it 
warm — to keep heat in the body; third, to furnish the strength 
(energy) which is expended in every movement; fourth, to fur- 
nish elements and material for the manufacture of eggs in a lay- 
ing fowl. 



PRACTICAL METHODS IN POULTRY RAISING. 

By Charles A. Bryant, Richland, Mo. 

To commence with, we must have a good foundation to suc- 
ceed, and the foundation of successful poultry raising is a flock of 
good breeders. 

In mating up my best breeding pens, I use two year old 
hens that are healthy and vigorous, and have laid at least 150 
eggs, trap nest records, in their pullet year. I always keep four 
main points in view, laying qualities, size, shape and color, in 
the order as they are named. To mate with these I select an 
early hatched cockerel that is vigorous, robust and well matured, 
and is as fine an exhibition bird as I can raise from as high an egg 
record hen as possible. If I introduce new blood into the flock 
from the male side, I make a small mating the first year of three 
or four of the best hens I have that I think will give the best re- 
sults. And then if the offspring is up to expectations, I do not 
hesitate in using it. If introduced from the female side, I 
mate her to the best cockerel I think is suitable. 

Personally, I think mating fathers to daughters, and sons to 
mothers is too close. From my own observation it wrecks vi- 
tality. 

In feeding breeding stock I find the methods used at the 
Missouri State Poultry Experiment Station to give the best re- 
sults of any I have ever tried. In selecting eggs for hatching 
purposes, I find it pays to candle the eggs first and reject all eggs 
that show thin places in the shells. And to set only eggs that 
weigh two ounces or more and that have good smooth shell and 
good shape. If using setting hens for hatching the eggs, I pre- 



The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 141 

fer to use only 13 eggs to the setting as I find there are fewer 
eggs broken, and the hen has a better chance to keep all the eggs 
warm, especially during the early part of the season. 

I prefer setting hens to incubators. I believe hen hatched 
chickens have the advantage, if there is any, for the simple reason 
that there are fewer in each flock and each chicken has a better 
show. I believe that the greatest trouble with incubator chickens 
is caused by keeping too many in one flock. With the mother 
hen, the flocks are small, and she never gets too hot or too cold. 

In selecting setting hens, I find that as a general rule, two 
year old hens make the best setters and mothers. Be sure your 
hen has thoroughly made up her mind to set before moving her. 
Then move her at night to a Wolzelma hatcher, which has been 
illustrated and described in the American Poultry Journal on 
two different occasions. I find that in Central Missouri it never 
gets too cold to set hens in these hatchers. I have had hens to 
hatch every egg in these hatchers in zero weather. 

It will pay everyone to hatch their chicks in March if pos- 
sible, as they will grow off better and will make larger frame 
birds, and you will receive double in price for what you wish to 
sell than you would for later hatched chicks. And the pullets 
will make fine fall and winter layers. 

Now, getting back to the setting hens again, in regard to the 
management and feeding of the setting hen. In moving my 
hen to the hatcher, I put her on artificial eggs for a day or two 
until I am satisfied she will set and is satisfied with her new quar- 
ters. They are taken off at noon each day and given feed and 
water and a chance to exercise, for I find that hens that have no 
exercise become out of condition. For their feed, I give half 
wheat and half corn. I do not think best to give them any soft 
feed. While the hen is off, I inspect the nest and see that every- 
thing is all right. When the chicks are hatched, they should be 
left alone for 24 to 36 hours and then each hen should be put in 
a coop to herself with not over 15 chicks. If hatched early, I 
use colony coops four feet by eight feet, and two and one-half 
feet high in the rear and four feet high in front, with glass and 
canvas front facing the south so that they will have plenty of 
sunshine and fresh air. This coop is divided into three sections 
so that it will hold three hens. And for the later hatched chicks, 
I use individual coops with screen wire fronts. 

We keep the hen and chicks confined on rainy days and morn- 
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fresh ground, on free range, and as far apart as practicable. I 
find that good corn bread makes one of the best feeds for young 
growing chicks. It is a feed they never grow tired of. In con- 
nection with this, we feed plenty of green feed and gradually 
work into feeding wheat and cracked corn and soaked oats, and 
all the sour milk we have to spare. 

As soon as the chicks are weaned and are old enough to fly 
up to roost, we remove the partitions from colony houses and 
put in roosts. And the birds in the individual coops are trained 
into wire colony coops with good sheet iron roofs, which makes 
them practically outdoors, and yet protected from heavy rains. 

During the extremely hot dry weather, I provide plenty of 
good fresh water and shade, and soak my feed 24 hours, equal 
parts of corn, wheat, and oats. 

As fast as my birds become large enpugh to market, I cull 
closely and in this way avoid overcrowding. 

In selecting my pullets, I conform to the standard mentioned 
in selecting breeding stock, and they are removed to winter 
quarters where they are kept for two or three days until they have 
become accustomed to their new quarters when they are turned 
out again. They are on free range at all times excepting during 
the severest weather when they are confined to the poultry house, 
which is either a Wood's open front or a Missouri Foolproof. 

In conclusion, I will say, use plenty of good common sense 
and hard work and there is no reason why you should not suc- 
ceed with poultry. 



POULTRY POINTS AND POSSIBILITIES. 

By Dr. J. W. Riley, Wright City, Mo. 

I have had many years of experience in poultry raising, and 
during this time have discovered one point, which has proven to 
be very beneficial to me. I have found this point to be the foun- 
dation of my success. Select a breed of poultry, and give it a 
fair trial. Years ago, when I became interested in poultry, I 
think I tried every breed I ever heard of, thinking I surely would 
eventually find the best breed. But I found they are all good if 
bred properly. For example, we notice a field of fine growing 
corn. Our first impression is, how lucky that man is who owns it. 
But remember it took time, labor and patience, and think of the 
cultivating necessary to develop it to this state. The same is 



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necessary to develop a fine flock of poultry. I would advise 
anyone to begin with a small flock of any of the standard breeds, 
and should they not come up to your expectations the first year 
or so, do not become discouraged, but continue with the same 
breed, and I am positive you will eventually get good results. 
It took me from three to four years to become acquainted with 
the different points of one certain breed. I selected the White 
Wyandotte, which I consider a very handsome stock of birds, 
and continued with this one breed for the past six years. I 
started with a pen of these birds, and now breed hundreds every 
year. I have improved my flock each year by culling out all 
cocks and cockerels that did not come up to my staisfaction, 
and replaced them with more perfect stock. 

Our country poultry shows and county fairs have encouraged 
many people in raising and cultivating better stock of poultry. 
The Standard of Perfection calls for show purposes the short 
back birds in certain breeds, but for laying I prefer the long 
back bird in the White Wyandotte breed. I will give you my 
reasons for this. I have found through experience in breeding 
fowls that the long back hen has more capacity for the ovary 
to perform its function. Where the capacity is large the gland 
develops proportionately. In my judgment, where the hen has 
a large ovary, she will produce more eggs than the hen with a 
short back and small ovary. 



PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE ON A CITY LOT AND HOW TO 

SUCCEED. 

By Geo. J. Goeltz, Bismarck, Mo. 

The first problem in poultry culture is the poultryman 
himself. He should have a system developed in all its details 
ready to take advantage of favorable conditions and prompt 
to his work and personally know how the business is paying. 
Then especially in hatching, brooding and rearing chickens, 
he should have the mother's ways, being gentle toward the 
little ones, patient, cheerful, self sacrificing, tireless. 

When accident and disease affect the fowls, the poultry 
keeper is lacking if he has not some of the wisdom of the 
grandmother remedies to prevent or relieve sickness in the 
feathered family. The perfect poultryman has that uncommon 
quality termed "Common Sense." Let the poultryman decide 
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and always welcoming any new practical idea which will help 
on his poultry progress. 

The breeding, raising and managing of a small flock of 
birds is an occupation enjoyed by people of both sexes and almost 
all ages. The birds are interesting because they have life and 
liveness, because they respond promptly and generously to 
good care and management, and an ornament to a city lot be- 
cause they are of beautiful plumage, shape, graceful carriage, 
wonderful activity and great usefulness. The poultry books pub- 
lished, the poultry bulletins issued by the Experiment Station 
at Mountain Grove, Mo., are of importance to the poultry in- 
dustry and should have the support of every poultryman by be- 
coming a member of the Missouri State Poultry Association 
and getting the experience on distinct lines in poultry culture. 

An attractive hen house with a neat fenced yard enclosing 
a small flock of select fowls is an addition to any home place. 
By breeding fancy fowls, oftentimes there is developed a large 
business in the sale of eggs for hatching and surplus stock for 
breeding purposes. The poultryman of today who is equipped 
with a natural inclination for the calling, interested in the 
industry, trained in all the care and management of the fowls, 
especially educated for the business and not afraid to work 
hard with brain and brawn, is prepared to act with intelligence, 
may, if his finances permit, become not only a successful breeder 
on some of Missouri's ideal cheap hill land that could be pur- 
chased from ten to twenty dollars per acre, and may become not 
only a successful breeder of thorough bred poultry, but also a 
public benefactor and booster to his state and country. 

Poultry culture gives ample opportunity for the deepest 
study, unlimited play for the best talent, and abundant room 
for the most skilled practice. The purpose in keeping poultry 
on a city lot is profit or pleasure or both. The great variety of 
breeds makes it easy to selct your fancy. As to myself, the 
general purpose fowl, S. C. Rhode Island Reds. 

The main purpose is to have a certain and continuous 
supply of fresh, wholesome, palatable poultry product for 
the family table, secured at small expense. The food of the 
fowls is mostly furnished by the waste of the household supple- 
mented perhaps by the surplus crops of the garden. The care 
of the flock takes but little of the time of some member of the 
family and the whole arrangement may be very simple and 
economical. 



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THE CARE OF EGGS ON THE FARM. 

By Henry G. Dammer, Krakow, Mo. 

The subject assigned to me seems, at first glance, to be 
of such extreme simplicity that nothing need be said about it 
at all, but like many other simple things in this world, it is so 
extremely so that carelessness seems to grow naturally when it 
comes to handling eggs. 

A very common expressions, even among people that should 
know better, is "Eggs is eggs" — a fallacy not at all borne out 
by the facts, for there are many different grades of eggs, as 
anyone in the business knows — differences nearly all directly 
traceable to the almost idiotic, at times, lack of care in handling 
eggs on the farm. This is especially true of Summer Eggs. 

In the Fall, when moulting begins, the supply of eggs falls 
off, the price begins to rise and the farmer gets interested, and 
in one way, exercises a little more care — that is, the eggs are 
more closely gathered than during the warmer months. As 
the cold weather comes, the supply of eggs falls off more sharply 
and with the increased consumption, the prices soar. This is 
the time when the gathering of eggs gains in interest, — collections 
are carefully looked after so that no eggs are spoiled by freezing. 

Why cannot the same interest be displayed in the summer 
time? Of course, the average price of summer eggs is low, owing 
to the large proportion of undesirable eggs in almost any batch 
that is taken to the store, but I know that there is a greater 
profit in summer eggs, well handled, than there is in winter 
eggs though the price of the latter may rise to a nickle each at 
retail. 

There is a steady demand for good, well handled summer 
eggs at 25c per dozen wholesale, and as summer eggs can be 
produced at under 10c per dozen, this is a better profit than 
winter eggs at 45c to 50c per dozen. 

Now why does the average farmer not take better care of 
his eggs in the summer? It is easy to do it — to start at the 
beginning — lively, healthy hens, no roosters with the main flocks 
of market egg layers, clean houses, clean nests and plenty of 
them, plenty of litter to keep the feet clean. The result — nice, 



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clean, well flavored eggs of good weight, that will sell on their 
looks and hold and bring trade, — provided: 

That they are gathered frequently — three or even four 
times a day during hot weather; 

Provided, further, that they are stored in a cool, airy place, 
but away from dampness. 

Any good, clean farm cellar is good enough to keep eggs 
for a week in the hottest summer, if care be taken to keep it 
ventilated, fresh and clean. 

But do not, in any event, put your eggs on the floor of the 
cellar; even if they do not "spot" as they probably will, they 
they will surely absorb a musty flavor if not odor. 

I put my collections first in chip baskets until they get 
cooled, — after that in common plug tobacco boxes, — they are 
just the size for the ordinary egg case filler — until ready to ship. 
This gives them plenty of air as the boxes are placed about 
two feet above the cellar floor. 

Before packing, these boxes are taken from the cellar and 
the eggs given opportunity to sweat and dry off as they reach 
the warmer outside air so that they go into the shipping cases 
cool but dry. 

Another piece of common carelessness comes when the 
average farmer takes his eggs to market, either country store 
or express office. I have seen eggs properly packed in egg cases 
on top of other produce, in a spring wagon or buggy or in open 
baskets beside the driver, exposed to the direct heat of the 
sun for anywhere from half hour to an hour or more. 

Is it any wonder that eggs arrive at destination thoroughly 
heated — that is, spoiled? 

Well, I have probably said more than the subject warrants 
so will sum the matter up briefly: 

First: good, healthy, contented hens and pullets not 
bothered with roosters. 

Clean houses, clean nests, plenty of clean litter 
Frequent collections, summer and winter 
Prompt cooling in warm weather 
Frequent shipments in clean containers. 

Protection against heat during the trip from farm to sta- 
tion, and of course, 

Only well shaped and reasonably large eggs, and all this 
care of eggs on the farm will pay handsomely in better prices 
for the eggs and a bigger demand for them. 



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My farmer friends, don't think you can make much money 
by holding eggs for a higher market. Held eggs are not Fresh 
eggs, and fresh eggs fetch the highest prices and bring you 
reputation. 

Don't use silicate, lime or any other preservative solution, 
unless you want to use the eggs yourself at home. Such eggs 
will not keep in condition to be fresh and then they are not 
fresh anyway. 



HOW TO RAISE PRIZE WINNING TURKEYS. 

By Mrs. E. M. Scott, Lathrop, Mo. 

Sixteen years ago I married a farmer having always been 
fond of country life, yet knowing nothing of it save from oc- 
casional visiting. (Let me add here there is a decided difference 
between visiting on a farm and living on a farm.) 

I started out full of enthusiasm. To raise chickens I tried, 
and considering all, I did fairly well. A neighbor raised turkeys, 
sold her flock at Thanksgiving for §80. Dear me! All my 
chiekens with the old roosters thrown in w r ould not have brought 
half that much. At once I bought two hens and a torn and 
started in the turkey business. The kind neighbor gave me 
minute instructions as to care. I set 43 eggs. 

One Friday morning I took forty bright eyed fluffy downy 
turks from the nests and with the mother turk, placed them in 
a run prepared for them. That night it commenced to rain 
and it seemed to me like as of old "40 days and 40 nights the 
rain it kept a dropping." In fact, it was only about ten days 
of cloudy, drizzly weather. I fed and petted and watched the 40 
dwindle and dwindle one at a time, sometimes two, until thirteen 
alone remained. At selling time there still remained eleven. 
Hauled all to market at 8c per pound, discovered four were 
crooked breast, docked as culls at 6c. My enthusiasm was 
somewhat dampened by now. But when a child at school, I 
learned, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. For if 
you will persevere, you will conquer, never fear. Try, try, 
again." 

The following January, my husband and I made it a point 
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the entire returns from my turkey crop in a pair of turkeys, 
bought from the winning flock. I raised 21 turkeys that time, 
and went back to the show, bought the yearling torn that won 
1st place, and next year, back again. Meanwhile I bought 
Standard and was devoting a little time studying the points 
of a perfect specimen, also studying the habits of my birds. This 
time I went to the show I selected and bought the young torn 
that when passed on won 1st in the class, and next year, I made 
an exhibit at our Great State Show, winning 1st cock one year, 
1st pullet and second hen. Since then have been winning where- 
ever shown. In my hand have 25 blue ribbons with silver cups 
and specials. How do I raise them? I find I have learned much 
since my first experience, and mostly by experience. 

Turkey habits are different from most fowls. They are 
wild by nature. More turkeys are killed by much care than 
lack of it. A lady called me by telephone. "My turkeys are 
dying. The little things just eat and eat and then just die." She 
was feeding all the hard boiled eggs and bread crumbs they would 
pick up. Poor little turks! Poor woman! The turks had a case 
of indigestion, the woman a case of misplaced kindness. 

I hatch my young turkeys mostly under chicken hens. 
The turkey hen sets only a short time. A pipped egg is placed 
under her at night and she is left to come off with her brood 
of one. Then she is caught, dusted throughly with insect powder 
and placed in the run prepared for her. The other wee ones 
have been nestling snug and warm in a soft lined basket, and 
are brought and placed near her just inside the run. She is 
left a few hours to get acquainted. 

When about forty eight hours old, the first feed is given, 
which consists of stale light bread dipped in sweet milk pressed 
dry, and sprinkled lightly with black pepper, tablespoonful to 
fifteen or twenty turks. This four or five times per day for a 
few days, adding hard boiled egg at noon. Lettuce leaves and 
onion top cut fine with scissors. Let them range on grass covered 
plot, but not too far until three weeks old, always keeping up 
until the dew is dried off mornings, and calling them back to 
the runs early of evenings. Keep clean fresh water near them, 
also keep the mother well fed and be sure to guard against lice, 
as I said before, the hen is thoroughly dusted with insect powder 
before giving her the wee ones, and once a week each little 
fellow is caught and dusted, (being sure to get the powder well 
down at quill ends of wing feathers) until six weeks old. Don't 



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house your turkeys in close buildings, and don't try to raise 
with chicken mother. Don't over feed. 

Follow your flock some bright morning. Notice how they 
gather their food. Also notice the attention and care of the 
mother hen for her young. Many valuable lessons can be learned 
from our feathered friends. 

Don't raise scrub stock. Get your foundation from some 
line which is rich in vigor, strength, and vitality. Avoid in- 
breeding. In raising prize winners, we cannot fail to appre- 
ciate the wonderful beauty, the rich bronze color, the black 
the brown and the clear white, all arranged in perfect harmony 
painted by the hand of nature, and while all raised are not 
prize winners, all raised are money makers. So if you fail 
once, try again. But don't give up the turk! 



CHICKEN, AS THE PUBLIC SEES IT. 

By Wm. H. Pfeifer, Allenton, Mo. 

It is with a feeling of deep appreciation for the wonderful 
achievements of the little hen and the excellent work being 
done at the Missouri State Experiment Station for helping 
her to still greater accomplishments, that I come before you 
today, not as a seeker after the limelight, but as a humble 
poultryman who is willing to share with those who care to 
listen, such information as he has learned in the school of ex- 
perience, and as a poultryman of years devoted to the practical 
side of the business. It is scarcely necessary for me to say that 
in this building today, there are to be found some of the most 
beautiful birds of the world; real aristocrats of the feathered 
tribe. Coop after coop, row after row of an almost endless 
variety of beauties meet the wondering eyes of the public. 
A large number of people annually become imbued with the 
desire to own and in turn to produce some of these glorious 
specimens. Many of those who come here this week will either 
in a greater or lesser degree, embark into the sea of Poultry 
culture, each expecting to make a fortune in the production 
of beautiful feathered and shaped specimens. A large percentage 
of them will fail just as thousands of others have failed in the 
past, simply because they never for a moment stopped to con- 
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culture, and that is what we term Utility or the useful side of 
the business. 

The birds at this exhibition are judged solely by their 
outward appearance and outward appearances are frequently 
deceiving. The handbook by which they are judged is called 
the Standard of Perfection, but it applies only to the outward 
perfection, while the inward perfection, the truly useful per- 
fection is completely ignored in the awarding of the ribbons. 
The birds that an exhibitor sends to a show like this, nearly 
always represent the very cream of his flock, but that by no 
means signifies that some of the lesser lights that he has left 
at home, are excelled in the one vital thing to successful breed- 
ing, and that is Utility. The time was and that not long ago, 
and in some instances it is still practiced, that the culls of a 
flock of thorough breds, were called Utility birds, and disposed 
of as such, while some of them might have been worthy of the 
name by far the greater part, were just simply the undesirables 
of the flock, nothing more. Now when we stop to consider 
that by far the greater number of the people who entered the 
poultry business, bought this so-called Utility stock, can you 
still wonder why so many of them failed? 

The time is now at hand for Utility poultry to take its 
rightful place in the poultry culture for the primary worth of 
all poultry lies in its utilitarian value; certainly the culls of a 
fancier's flock should not be sold for Utility birds, for their sole 
value lies in their carcass and that as a rule is far below par. 
Take the dressed carcass of a plump, welk developed Plymouth 
Rock, place it beside that of a cull, and you will have the in- 
disputable evidence staring you in the face. 

It is not my desire to detract from the glory that an ex- 
hibition bird is entitled to nor to belittle the man who produces 
such, but it is a well known fact among students of poultry 
culture, that only a few, a very few of the birds that a Fancier 
produces, are of a high exhibition type and therefore they are very 
valuable, the result being that there is only an occasional sale 
for such stock. The second choice birds are held to be sold as 
breeders and the market is over run with this class of the fancy, 
that the demand is practically Nil, compared with the number 
of breeders who are waiting for prospective buyers. Only the 
established breeder with a wide reputation can dispose of this 
class of stock at a profit. On the other hand, the Utility breeder 
can cull his stock at a far earlier date and dispose of his surplus 






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at a reasonable profit, for he has an ever ready market and a 
constantly growing demand for his product at prices above the 
market quotations. It is the plump carcass and wholesome 
table eggs that attract the greatest attention from the public. 
Not only that, but the utility breeder is not always outclassed 
in the show room, for it is easier to produce exhibition birds 
from a well bred and uniform flock of utility birds than it is 
to produce real utility birds from an Exhibition flock. In our 
lives it is perfectly plain to us that it is not the upper crust, nor 
the dregs of society, but the great middle class that causes the 
wheels of civilization and progress to grind. Not only is this 
true of our race, but of all races, not only does the rule apply 
to humanity, but it applies to stock and to poultry. It is the 
great useful middle class that constitutes the real workers and 
their thrift and energy it is, that lines the purse with silver. 
Therefore it will pay all poultrymen well to remember, that to 
eradicate the scrub and cross breeds that are found upon the 
farms of this country and to replace them with pure bred 
poultry, we must interest the farmer in the highly useful thorough 
bred. This cannot be done with high priced specimens of extra- 
ordinary beauty, nor with an almost worthless lot of cast off 
culls, but it can be done with uniform and useful stock, for such 
stock is Utility stock, and none other. 

The Fancier is of course a necessity in upholding the pleasing 
beauty of the thoroughbred, but the Utility breeder, who works 
upon such lines as are being advocated by the excellent gentle- 
men in charge of the Experiment Station at Mountain Grove, 
Mo., is the breeder who deserves the greatest credit for the 
advancement being made in poultry culture, for he is giving 
to the world a highly useful article. 

Chicken! Yellow legged CHICKEN! With a flavor that 
tickles the palate and makes the mouth water for more, Chicken 
that produces lots of delicate flavored and wholesome eggs for 
the business men's breakfast and the workingmen's dinner 
pail, that is the kind of chicken that the great mass of humanity 
is chiefly interested in, and I think that you will agree with me, 
it is the Utility bred, Thorough bred, that comes nearest to 
filling the bill of requirements, so let us give her more attention 
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THE BUILDING OF AN EGG. 

By C. T. Patterson, Mt. Grove, Mo. 

Eggs vary in size, shape, color, etc., as much as the birds 
vary in size, shape and color. Those of you who have followed 
me in my lectures have found that I am getting to be a crank 
on the subject of eggs. I am frank to confess that if a hen won't 
lay eggs, I don't want her. I don't care what she looks like, 
and if the eggs are mis-shapen and irregular, I wouldn't think 
as much of her as if she produced good firm eggs, good size, shape 
and color. 

The facts are that the number, size, shape and color of 
eggs laid by hens in my own flock at home has as much to do 
with forming my idea of a hen as the size, shape and color of 
the hen herself. 

Ordinarily we would say the largest eggs were the most 
valuable, which they would be for home consumption or for 
local trade, but eggs are judged from a commercial standpoint, 
so you see that the extra large eggs fill a standard egg case filler 
so full that any pressure from any direction will smash the 
eggs on the inside. 

I honestly believe that a 2 oz. egg in good condition will 
sell better than a 2 1-2 oz. egg which is smashed in the case. 

The egg is worthy of much thought and consideration so 
I would like to talk for a short time of the development of the 

egg- 

First, I would like for you to get the idea that the build- 
ing of an egg is done by piece work, i. e., it is built a piece at 
a time, just as you would find the men building a table in the 
factory where it was made. You would not find one man making 
the entire table, but one man makes the top another makes 
the legs, and another makes the sides or braces while another 
puts on the varnish. You see each man has his own particular 
work to do and does not bother about the other man's work, 
and so it is in building of an egg. Each part of the egg 
is made in an organ or part of an organ specialized for that 
particular work. There are three principal parts of an egg: 
the yolk, the albumen or white, and the shell. 

The yolk is produced in the ovary or grape like cluster in 
the back of the hen while the rest of the egg is made in the 



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oviduct (commonly called egg bag.) The yolk is fully developed 
and mature or ripe before it leaves the ovary and before any of 
the rest of the egg is placed around it. 

After leaving the ovary the yolk enters the oviduct where 
it receives the albumen or white in the first 2-3 of the oviduct, 
then in the last third of the oviduct, the shall membrane and 
shell is placed around the entire egg. So you see each of the 
three parts of the egg is developed in a place specialized for that 
particular work, and neither one could do the work of the other. 
That is, the ovary could not manufacture either albumen or 
shell nor could either of the sections of the oviduct manufacture 
either the yolk, or the part manufactured by the other section 
of the oviduct. 

Now we are ready for the one thought I wish to impress 
upon you and that is that the egg is built by three parts of one 
machine and that in order for this machine to do its work 
properly, it must furnish the right kind of material to each part 
of the machine. 

The yolk is made of 30 per cent, fat, 16 per cent, albumin- 
oids, 1 per cent, minerals, and the rest water. You see at once 
that if you wanted the hen to produce yolk's only you should 
feed a large amount of fat producing food, such as corn, but 
if we feed a ration that has too much fat producing food, the 
hens produce more yolks than they can furnish albumen for, 
so as a result they re-absorb the yolks and build them into 
fat. The old saying that, "A hen gets too fat to lay" is incor- 
rect. It should be said, "A hen can't lay is the reason she 
gets too fat." 

The second part of the egg to be made is the white or albu- 
men, which is made of 2 per cent fat, 12 per cent albumenoids, 
1.2 per cent minerals and 84.8 per cent water. If you wanted to 
manufacture the albumen only, you see you should feed very little 
fat forming food, but a large amount of food rich in albumen, 
such as beans, peas, meat scraps, alfalfa, etc. 

Again, if you wanted to produce only shells of eggs, it 
would require a large amount of minerals such as lime. But 
nature has decreed that one part of the egg shall not be pro- 
duced without the rest of the egg, so we cannot feed a hen so 
she will lay the yolks of eggs only. 

In some cases we find hens fed a ration which would pro- 
duce 5 yolks, 1 white and 3 shells. In such case the hen lays 
only one egg or in other cases, a ration might produce 1 yolk, 



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3 whites and 5 shells. In this case the hen would lay only one 
egg. I believe you see now that if the ration is not balanced 
there is a part of the food that is either built into fat or re- 
jected by the system and is a total loss. 

Some of you are perhaps waiting to ask a question about 
the feed ration and what to feed to get winter eggs. 

The subject of feeds and feeding is a subject which deserves 
an article within itself so I will touch it very briefly by saying 
that in most cases the farm flocks are fed enough fat forming food 
to form all the yolks necessary, but the albumenoids are absent, 
so the hen cannot make the white, so she builds the surplus 
into fat and does not complete the egg. Some of the foods which 
are rich in albumenoids are meat scraps, linseed meal, cotton 
seed meal, alfalfa meal, wheat bran, middlings, etc. These 
have different amounts of albumen and would have to be bal- 
anced with other food the birds get. 

Going back now to the process of the building of the egg 
and to the work done by each part of the organs. I have 
been asked many questions about the development of what we 
might term "Freak eggs." First, many of you have seen 
a small spot or drop of blood in the white of an egg which was 
not developed by the embryo. This spot or drop came from a 
small blood vessel which was broken as the yolk left the follicle 
membrane which held the yolk in place in the ovary. This 
does not show the development of the embryo. The embry- 
onic development begins in the little whitish spot or germinal 
disc on the top side of the yolk. This white spot is present in 
an infertile egg the same as in a fertile egg. The white cords 
on either side of the yolk are present in both fertile and in- 
fertile eggs. The male germ is located in the germinal disc or 
white spot on the top side of the yolk and is microscopic that so 
a person cannot tell by looking at an egg whether it is fertile 
or infertile unless it has been incubated for about two days. 

At the time the yolk leaves the follicle it sometimes breaks 
the vitelline surrounding the yolk and allows the yolk contents 
to pass out and mix into the body cavity. Often when this 
occurs, a small part of the yolk will enter the oviduct which 
stimulates the oviduct to action and a small egg is formed. 
A blood clot from the follicle, or a broken chalazae will do the 
same. Many have the idea that the small egg is formed at the 
close of the clutch of eggs and just before the hen goes broody. 



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This is incorrect as the small eggs are laid in the regular course 
of laying, the same as a normal egg. 

The funnel of the oviduct often catches two yolks at the 
same time. In that case, the two yolks are placed in one egg 
and are called double yolked eggs. The double yolked eggs 
are laid in the regular course of laying about half the time. 
Sometimes the hen does not lay the day before and other times 
she does not lay the day after laying the double yolked egg. 

Soft shelled eggs have been traced to two principal causes. 
One is a diseased condition of the oviduct in the section where 
the hard shell is formed. The other cause will be seen by study- 
ing the length of the sections of the oviduct and the length of 
time required in each section. It will be noted that every 
section of the oviduct is long enough to hold two eggs except 
the last section where the hard shell is placed on. It requires 
from 12 to 24 hours to build the hard shell on an egg. Some 
hens can manufacture more than one egg in one day so as a 
result, the second egg is following closely behind the first and 
as the first hasn't enough time to receive the shell till the second 
is pressing against it, the contraction of the oviduct back of the 
second egg forces the first out, usually on the droppings board 
at night. 

Sometimes a hen will be what is called Egg Bound; i. e., 
an obstruction prevents the egg from being laid. The egg 
will remain in the uterus for some time until nature relieves 
herself by sending the egg in the reverse direction. It some- 
times passes out of the oviduct into the body cavity and may be 
picked up again by the oviduct and another egg placed around 
that one. 

The freak eggs are of very little value. Very few of them 
are fertile so should not be incubated. They are unattractive 
so should not be sold on the market. They are wholesome 
for food so should be used at home. 

The number of eggs depends much upon the feed and care 
but more upon the breeding, as the bird must have a born tend- 
ency to lay before she will produce many eggs. With the proper 
breeding and feeding, the hens will produce eggs during the 
winter when eggs are scarce and high. 

I don't care what a hen looks like, the best hen on a man's 
farm is the hen that lays through the winter. She is just as 
apt to be a high scoring bird as a low scoring bird as the contests 
at Mountain Grove have proven that the color of the bird does 



156 The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 

not influence egg production, that some of the highest laying 
hens in the contest are also some of the highest scoring birds 
and they laid almost perfect eggs in size, shape and color. 



WHAT WE SHOULD DO TO PUT THE PURE BRED POUL- 
TRY BUSINESS ON A MORE SUBSTANTIAL BASIS. 

Thos. B. Elliott, President of Buff Rock Club, St. Louis, Mo. 

When I use the word veteran in this article, I do not mean 
of the Civil War but the Thorough-Bred Poultry as against the 
Dung-Hill as we term the Conglomeration which is too prev- 
alent today in the yards and on the Farms but Thanks to the 
work of the Poultry breeders backed up by such Wonderful 
institutions as our State Experiment Station at Mt. Grove, 
of which there is no better in the Whole World, this condition 
is fast changing. 

The word Veteran implies that one is not in the spring 
Chicken class and I will admit, that I am not, although, I like 
and admire Spring Chickens as much as ever, however, I refer 
now to the Spring Chicken we serve on our Table, "Buff 
Rocks." 

I have bred and exhibited Thoroughbred Poultry for the 
past 23 years, excepting a few years from 1900 to 1905 when I 
was not so situated that I could keep them although then I 
attended poultry shows over a wide territory. 

But to the point of my subject, the first requisite of the 
future Pure Bred Poultry must be the production of Eggs and 
of course health and rapid development. 

Pardon me if I take you back some 20 years to a breeder's 
yards at that time well known as a producer of fine light Brah- 
mas. He produced a number of Show winners as I can testify 
as I was then one of the largest breeders of that magnificent 
breed along with Jimmy Tucker and Harry Hanchett and of 
the lot of us, Jimmy is the only one that still breeds them. 

But this breeder's downfall I am speaking of was not in 
his failure to produce Winners, but in his craze over the ribbons, 
he neglected what was of greater value, the laying quality of 
his stock. 

It was a sad day for him when he had the demand for 
eggs and later on for stock and that he did not have them, 
and what few eggs he did get would not hatch, and if they did 



The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 157 

hatch the vitality was so low he could not raise the chicks. I 
say it was a sad day, this awakening, for after some 15 years 
breeding poultry he realized his methods were a failure and 
fellow breeders there are many among the fancy poultry breeders 
today regardless of the warnings sent out that are following 
the same footsteps to failure and disappointment. 

How did this breeder and why are some today facing the 
same failure, unless their methods are changed? 

He, as I stated was show crazy, and he saved only his 
very finest feathered specimens and it is perhaps a strange thing, 
however, it is a fact in about 9 out of 10 cases that the heavy 
laying Hen is not a show bird after her season's work, for the 
strain on her system is not conducive to putting on fine clothes. 
She is the real Domestic Biddy. 

Now understand this dilapidated looking hen may be 
just as fine as the better dressed one, and perhaps, would have 
won over her in her pullet year, but owing to the strain on her 
she does not moult as early, or as even as her sister, who sits 
around and primps all day. 

Now the dilapidated looking hen we sell as utility birds, 
and the fine looking hen we keep for show room and breeder, 
so what is the outcome? Why it is inevitable that what few 
we raise will — as like begets like — have a tendency to improve 
in show form and to decrease in usefulness or egg production? 
The hen of today must be a producer first, for as with Dairy 
Cattle regardless of the show value of a breeder's animals, 
he is testing his herd and is anxious to get as many in the Ad- 
vanced Registry, which shows the animal's worth as a producer 
first and then her show form next. 

Were I so situated today, as I hope to be in a couple of 
years from now, I would not let a single Egg contest held by 
responsible State Institutions go on without a pen of Golden 
Eagle Buff Rocks in the Contest, and I am looking forward to 
the day not far distant when I can devote my time to raising 
stock at any season in order to fit them for the opening of these 
contests, and when that day comes I will not be ashamed of 
the record of my birds against any variety for I tell you my 
friends it is not the variety you breed but the breeders back of 
the variety that counts. 

Any variety gives us the material but the brains is that 
gray matter in that knot on our shoulders. 



158 The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 

Now I want to cite an actual case which was my pen at the 
Egg contest last year. 

I sent to Mt. Grove 10 pullets, all about equal value as 
show birds, having been shown at one big show and winning 
1st breeding pen and 1-2-3 Pullet also all about the same age and 
size but when they came back, here was some that looked fine, 
ready to show and others that looked like 50 cts. But on looking 
up the record for eggs it was the off looking specimens that were 
in the 200 egg class and so I would as a show room crank have 
sold my best producers for utility birds and kept the poorest 
layers for my breeding pen. 

Without information about your flock as producers, where 
are we fancy breeders heading? But with this we will retain the 
winning pullets that become the dilapidated looking hens 
knowing that she has show form under that coat and some- 
thing still more valuable — that is laying capacity. Then as 
a breeder she will not only produce her like as a show bird but 
with the added value her like as a producer. 

Now right along this line I want to tell you that these 
heavy layers with special attention can be fitted for the show 
room also; that is forced to moult earlier and faster so as to be 
in form for the show room as hens. 

I believe in the fancy poultry and if Mr. Farmer is so slow 
in taking up fancy poultry, it is because so many, who are 
classed as poultry breeders are not in reality poultry breeders. 
That is, they are not giving time to improve their breed along 
utility lines, so if Mr. Farmer does get a few fancy looking hens 
he makes no increase in egg production. 

I believe if the next egg contest would include some farmers' 
flocks under the heading of Dunghill and feed these in the same 
way that our fancy breeds are handled, it would show you 
some flocks that vary as much as our fancy poultry today. 

Some of these flocks would be layers because there is a 
woman at home that gets vigorous active Ckls. each year and 
she sets eggs from her early layers and then saves the pullets 
for next year's layers so in a way she is building up a laying 
strain and the Lord of the Manor still looks at them only as 
chickens but the good wife is almost furnishing the table with 
her flock of hens. 

Other flocks that look like the first mentioned would not 
lay eggs enough to pay for their feed with all the scientific care 



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would show a lack of care or system of raising chickens on that 
farm. 

Now I am not including in the above the thoroughbred 
poultry of the farms for many of our farmers today have as 
high class poultry as any specialty breeder and I see them every 
trip I take out to the farm along 50 miles of highway. 

Now when we poultry raisers produce a flock that averages 
200 eggs per hen in addition to being show winners, do you 
think it is going to be hard to convince Mr. Farmer to raise 
them on his farm? 

Of course some farmers, or I better say would-be-farmers, 
still keep cows that average 3,000 lbs. of milk a year and then say 
there is no money in cows, while his neighbor is getting 8,000 
to 12,000 lbs. a year per cow and is making big money on his 
herd. 

This also applies to poultry and poultry breeders. 

I know there are still farmers and voters that do as our 
fathers did before us and then there are the Progressives that 
are looking for and adopting new and better methods, so my 
friend if we would put pure bred poultry on a more substantial 
basis we must produce flocks that average first more eggs, more 
rapid development, greater vitality and last instead of first, 
more uniform or typical breed flocks. 



PROFITABLE ADVERTISING. 

By Fred B. Campbell, Lees Summit, Mo. 

When I was a boy at home when chicken day came around, 
by the time it came my turn to be served there was usually 
nothing left but odds and ends — mostly ends. It was then that 
my mind was made up that if ever I could fool a girl bad enough 
to fry them for me I would raise chickens and have something 
besides the ends. 

I found the girl and thanks to the advice of a good friend 
who gave me the hunch to raise Barred Rocks, for he said: 
"They have the bones to hang the meat on and lay eggs when 
ham tastes the sweetest." After raising them for two years for 
meat and eggs, the "lure of the bars" became so strong that I 
have gotten into it deeper ever since — in fact gotten in so deep 
that some of them show on the beaks and legs and some others 
have gone in so deep they have put the "cull" in color. 






160 The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 

The first thing to get profit from advertising is to be sys- 
tematic and the foundation of system in breeding poultry is 
the trapnest during the breeding season. Eliminate the waste 
is the dominating effort of all business today. The trapnest is 
the only thing to cull out the non-producers. 

To be real progressive and stand pat upon your record, you 
cannot progress upward without them. Why feed and care 
for a hundred breeders when you can get the same results from 
fifty producers? 

As you and I came to the Union Station this week we saw 
train after train coming and going loaded with people seeking 
new homes. What means shifting from place to place? It is 
that never ending desire to better our condition. 

Your first sale was made to someone who believed you had 
better birds than he or she — birds that would improve his or 
her flock or help along with his advertising. The more people 
you convince of this, the more sales you make. Now, how are 
you going to prove to them that your birds are superior? You 
do it by advertising the fact, but the mere saying does not 
establish the fact. You must either get them to come to your 
yards and see or you must take them to the shows and win the 
ribbons. It is not necessary to win the blue. A fourth or fifth 
ribbon will convince some and go along ways with others. 

Some one has said that advertising is the life of business, 
which is true, but we must not forget that there must be a body 
to sustain life. That body is best represented by the goods we 
deliver. The better the quality of our birds the more life you 
can get into your advertising and the more profitable advertising 
it will be. 

When you see a strong, well built athlete, you say, "There 
goes a fellow full of life," and upon the other hand we say of 
another with a wasted body, "That fellow hardly has any life." 

When we were boys at school we were taught of the magnet 
that it attracted some objects and others it did not. These we 
called positive and negative. In your advertising, of what- 
ever kind, you should be very careful to use only positive state- 
ments, the ones that draw. 

Advertising is mostly a mental act, leading the mind along 
to the desired result — the making of a sale. People's minds 
are very apt to fly off at a tangent. This we must try to pre- 
vent. Once a salesman, but not a good salesman, was showing 
a go-cart to a woman for her first born. After showing the 



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good points and the workings of the complex thing, she was 
just at the point of saying, "I'll take it," he remarked that 
they had never had a bit of trouble with the wheels coming 
oil. I could see by the sudden change of expression that she 
could imagine herself going down the street, a wheel running 
off, her darling baby tumbling out on the pavement. She went 
out without buying. The clerk had made a negative state- 
ment. 

At a poultry show not more than a thousand miles from 
St. Louis and not more than a hundred years back, I was stand- 
ing close to a breeder, who was showing his birds to a prospec- 
tive customer and no doubt he would have made a sale, but 
just at a critical moment, he turned to his prospect and asked 
him if he knew of a really reliable roup cure. Don't you suppose 
he is still wondering why he never made the sale? 

A good automobile salesman never tells you his car won't 
run without gasoline or that you will have to get out and under. 
No, he leaves you to find this out some day when you are about 
fifteen miles from a town and four or five from a phone. He 
only dwells on the pleasure and benefit you will derive from 
owning his car. 

You may have gone into the poultry business for your 
health, but you will not stay long before you are in it for the 
money that can be made in the business. When it comes down 
to brass tacks, we are all after the money, but the breeder 
that advertises and sells simply to get the money is not doing 
profitable advertising. 

I once saw a shoe clerk fit a pair of high heeled French 
shoes upon a girl only ten years old. He got the money, but 
do you think he did a profitable piece of advertising or made a 
friend of the girl to benefit him in future transactions? It 
takes pleased customers to make profitable advertisements. 
The breeder that over advertised his birds or eggs may seem- 
ingly be doing profitable advertising, but in the long run he will 
go the way of those who had no far-sight longer than their 
pocketbook. How many can you sit here and recall that flashed 
up with a big light and "world-beaters" that have passed down 
and out? 

Ninety per cent of the fancy poultry business is obtained 

through personal correspondence. Therefore, I consider the 

best letter writer as the one who usually makes the best and 

most sales. Some of the best breeders are the poorest letter 
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162 The Poultryman's Guide, 1915. 

writers, and at times lose sales to some other breeder who does 
not have the quality, but produces a better impression by the 
style of his letter or printed matter. 

If you would ask me what it takes to make up a good sales 
making letter I would answer that it must comprise four points: 
Attention, Interest, Desire, Resolution. 

First. It must attract attention when opened. This can 
be done by good, well printed stationery, such as can be pro- 
cured now at any good print shop at a nominal price. 

Second. The opening sentence must stir an interest in 
what is to follow. It is not necessary to say, "I received your 
letter of such and such a date." The mere fact of your answer- 
ing is evidence of that fact. You would not say, if someone 
should step up to you and ask you a question, "I hear your 
question and in reply to the same I will say, etc." No, you 
would go ahead and answer the question. 

Third. The body or main part of your letter must be a 
talk in regard to the inquiry that is convincing enough to create 
a desire upon the part of your prospect to give up his money 
for the birds. When you have created this desire, if your cus- 
tomer is an American citizen, the price is a secondary considera- 
tion and may follow as a conclusion, for he will have what he 
wants if takes the hide off. 

You can never tell which prospect will develop into the 
largest sale, so go after them all. The man that writes upon a 
postal card and writes so badly that you have to walk up and 
down stairs to read it, is just as apt to have as much to spend 
as the one who writes you on tinted, perfumed paper and in the 
choicest Spencerian hand. 

A good many breeders expect too much from the mediums 
in which they buy advertising space. They can only bring 
you the inquiries — the bites that start the cork bobbing. They 
can only bring the inquiry to your post box, or to your yard 
gate, and then if you do not make the sale, don't blame the 
paper. They have done their duty. Go look in the mirror and 
talk to the face that looks back at you. In talking with a breeder 
a short while ago about the merits of a certain journal, he said, 
"I don't think it is any good. I had a two inch adv. in it for 
three months and only had seventeen replies and never made a 
sale." I'll tell you if a paper brings me that many inquiries in 
a three months ad. I will write back and tell the editor that his 
rates are too low, no matter what the present one is. 



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Don't think this advertising matter is a "get rich quick" 
proposition and that it can be accomplished in a year or two. 
The longer you keep at it the cheaper and larger the returns. 
I mean by this that your customers that come back help lower 
the average cost, like the ball of snow it gathers as it rolls 
on. 

I read of a woman that expected to get rich off of mining 
stock. She read of a bargain counter offer where they were selling 
mining stock at a penny a share and bought five cents worth. 
To make profitable advertising, you must have enough space. 
I mean by this that you should carry you advs. in proportion to 
what you have to sell. 

An old successful dairyman once said, "Follow the path 
of the dairy cow and you will never miss the road to success." 
I have one that to me sounds better. "If you follow the song 
of the cackling hen, you can sign your checks with a golden 
pen. 



CROWLESS ROOSTERS— HOW TO MAKE THEM. 

By Geo. Beuoy, Cedarvale, Kan. 

Is it possible, a "rooster" without a crow! And if so, why was 
his crow taken away? 

I write this to show you exactly how the simple operation 
is performed that makes a rooster crowless. National condi- 
tions demand that this work be done for the protection of our 
egg and meat supply. It is most fitting that the greatest poultry 
state in the Union with her foremost poultrymen and women 
should be the first to champion this world wide movement. 
Modern market conditions demand an infertile egg and it is 
up to the poultry raisers to supply this demand. Infertile eggs 
cannot be supplied if "He Roosters" are allowed the run of 
the flock. As it is a well known fact that half the birds pro- 
duced each season are males, the problem that at once presents 
itself is what to do with this half of the flock. 

Only a very small part can be used or sold as breeders, the 
balance must be eaten or sold for that purpose. As they are 
mostly hatched in the spring months it is easy to understand 
that the male half of your flock will reach frying size at or about 
the same time as the rest of the world's supply. To attempt to 
eat this tremendous production of young roosters within the 



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limit of the tender, acceptable age, would turn the National 
stomach "forever against America's greatest food supply." 
Only one sensible, practical way presents itself as a solution of 
this problem. Caponize the young rooster at the proper time 
and you not only guarantee an infertile egg supply and increase 
the amount and quality of his flesh, but also make it possible 
to market the bird at a season when the market is the best. 

Two short years ago Missouri did not produce enough 
capons to supply her own markets, and capons were shipped 
in from eastern states. Last spring in less than ninety days, one 
produce house, in a principal market of this state, shipped to 
eastern markets over ten thousand dollars worth of capons 
more than the markets of this state required. Other markets 
throughout the state also shipped capons east, the sum total 
must have been quite large. Before this work was started by 
your State Experiment Station at Mountain Grove, "The Best 
in the World," capons were produced mostly in a few eastern 
states touching on the Atlantic coast. From records now in 
my possession, I know that Missouri will this season produce 
more capons than any other state, and it is my opinion that 
this state will market as many capons as any other three states, 
credit for which is undoubtedly due to the good work of your 
state experiment farm. 

High prices are paid for capons by the pound and for several 
reasons. In the first place capons are the best eating to be 
had at any price. Then they reach the market at a time of 
year when all other poultry is scarce and very high. Spring 
hatched capons should be ready for the market during February, 
March, and April. These are the months when hens are laying 
their best and no poultry raiser would part with laying hens 
at this time. It is too early for young chickens, and capons 
come on exactly at the opportune time and for that reason com- 
mand a high price. 

A two pound cockerel makes a ten pound capon, so by the 
simple operation we at once increase half the poultry market 
each year five times, surely a real service to mankind. Not 
only do we increase the supply by five times, but at the same 
time we make it possible to distribute it together with the 
tender, fine flavored flesh of the frying chicken over the entire 
year. And we find the capon at his best during the months, 
when without him, there would be no fresh poultry on the 
market. 



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The Fancier who does not know how and does not practice 
caponizing is behind the times and is not worthy of the name. 
In every flock no matter how good it is there are always some 
of the young males that are not strictly first class, and even if 
sold as breeders they will command only a small price. These 
cheap breeding cockerels are the ones that cause dissatisfac- 
tion and are the ones that cause most of the trouble in the pure 
bred business. Usually they are sold at two for five dollars 
and often for less. It should be the rule of every pure bred 
breeder to caponize every male that will not bring five dollars 
and be worth it as a breeder. A rule that works as we have 
followed that system for the past six yearson our farm. A so called 
fancier that does not have capon for his own table is about the 
sorriest, disqualified, out of date specimen that I can imagine 
trying to stay in good poultry society. 

Capons will sell for as much or more on the market, you can 
let the capons all go at one time and get the money in a lump 
sum and without unnecessary correspondence. You can have 
capon for your own table and you have been a real service to 
the pure bred business by keeping the inferior birds out of 
some one's breeding yards. Caponizing is the best thing that 
ever happened for the fancier and pure-bred breeder. When 
caponizing becomes general and the farmer and average poultry 
raiser takes it up in earnest, they will then have a sure and 
profitable market for their own male birds. The temptation to 
use them as breeders at once disappears. The capons bring 
them the cash and of course they in turn to the pure bred 
breeder and the fancier for new blood and breeding cockerels. 
They have learned the value of a capon and do not expect a 
good breeding male for less than he would have brought as a 
capon. If the breeder has kept up with the times and has made 
capons of his inferior birds he has something good to offer and 
every body is satisfied — satisfied like a Missouri Poultry Raiser, 
surely the best and happiest people on earth. 



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METHODS OF MAKING GOOSE CULTURE PROFITABLE. 

By Mrs. Benj. Daelhousen, Oakwood, Mo. 

Some of the sages contend that anything that is a profit 
is a pleasure, but not all profit making schemes bring us into the 
open air and sunlight, lead us by the rippling brooks, over ex- 
panses of shimmering grasses, and keep us near to nature's heart. 
Nothing does this so well as the culture of the stately and beauti- 
ful waterfowl. That I have no lowly subject is proven when 
Wm. Cullen Bryant wrote in his "Ode to a 'Waterfowl,'" "Seekest 
thou the flashy brink of weedy lake, Or marge of river wide, Or 
where the rocking billows rise and sink, On the chafed ocean 
side." 

The work with the geese brings us out into the open air 
almost before the twitter of the first spring birds and if we ex- 
pect success to crown our efforts our vigilance should not 
waver. 

When Governor Major was a little boy his mother put 
him on the back porch with the old fashioned dasher churn. 
He churned an occasional dilatory stroke, and said, "I am work- 
ing by the day now." Then he changed to "working by the 
job" and in his burst of enthusiasm upset the churn and it 
rolled down into the yard. We must work by the job in the 
poultry culture, for the occasional stroke will profit us little. 
I prefer the Embden Goose in its beauty and purity, to any other 
breed. No other can compare with it in graceful shape, and 
carriage, and the snowy purity of its plumage is unequaled by 
any other variety. 

The flock should be started with the best birds that you 
are financially able to own, and a pair that have not been -con- 
ditioned for the show room that season, for a fat goose seldom 
lays with any degree of regularity, the eggs are misshaped, and 
weak shelled, often infertile. I would prefer the geese to any 
number of eggs as you see the breeding stock and know just 
what characteristics to expect in the young. You also have 
the parent birds to attend to the incubation of the eggs and 
brooding of the flock. I do not advise the shipping of goose 
eggs. They stand transportation badly and give very poor 
results. The breeding season in Missouri is governed by the 
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March. The breeding stock should have a yard or pasture with 
an open shed in which to shelter from snows and wind. Shiplap 
makes a durable and inexpensive house. The ground floor 
should be covered with straw to absorb the moisture and prevent 
leg disease. Feed the breeding stock sparingly, very little 
corn. A part of the chicken mash in extreme weather, potato 
parings, mangel beets and clover or alfalfa scalded makes a 
much relished ration. There will not be over a month or six 
weeks of weather bad enough to prevent them making their 
own way. Give them a swimming pool of some description, a 
branch in the pasture is ideal, if you have none, then make 
them a pond. If shut away from water, they beg for it and 
employ every means to show how they want it. If you want a 
high fertility in the eggs, you must follow nature's plan, for it 
is their natural instinct to mate on the water, and in no other 
way will you get 100 per cent of fertile eggs. The enjoyment 
the pool affords should more than compensate for the amount 
expended in making it. They take utmost care regarding their 
bath and are always free from vermin and almost exempt from 
diseases of any kind. 

Some authorities claim to raise geese without water save 
for drinking purposes. Try it if you will but many of your eggs will 
be clear, and your birds ragged and unkept. The geese usually 
pair off, and I have known them to continue with the same 
mates in the most perfect domestic tranquility for the rest of 
their lives, establishing a home each season and rearing their 
young. You will fail in a large measure if you attempt to mate 
three or four geese with only one gander. The geese are quarrel- 
some and fighting and infertile eggs will generally result. If 
the ganders fight, I select a mate for each one and shut them 
from sight of the others until the nesting idea is formed then they 
may run together again. If you visit the nests and remove the 
eggs, you start a discord, in the harmony, leave them to the 
goose and she will cover them so no wind or temperature change 
will injure them. I have known the geese to go to the nests 
after sundown and pile on additional sand or straw if the night 
bid fair to be a cold one. The goose lays from fourteen to 
twenty eggs, sixteen is a good flock average. I do not advise the 
practice of having the goose lay two litters of eggs in one season. 
Let her incubate the first eggs and she will raise at least fourteen 
goslings from sixteen eggs. I have hatched goslings in incu- 
bators and under hens, in both cases the eggs must be turned 



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and sprinkled, and no amount of labor will bring the same 
number of strudy goslings that mother goose will hatch. The 
second laying make the goslings late and small and if it is a 
season of drought the grass is too tough and dry for them to 
relish, a gosling without grass is worse than none at all. The 
geese generally hatch their young in the month of April. They 
start them with the grass and it is tender enough then for them 
to handle nicely. No other young in the whole tribe of domestic 
poultry is so up to date and helpful as a little gosling given a 
tender grass plot and a doze under his mother's warm breast, 
he goes serenely on his way, nipping a living and asking favors of 
no one. 

The prettiest group of "poultry and profit" that I have 
owned was five Embden Geese and ganders with their sixty- 
four balls of yellow down, marching in green pastures beside 
the still waters, the gold of the sunshine no brighter than their 
tints, the blue of the heavens no bluer than the water in which 
they sailed, and I thought as I strolled in the glad sunshine of 
the words of Lowell: 

"And what is so rare as a day in June, 
Then, if ever, come perfect days 
When Heaven tries Earth if she be in tune. 
And over her softly a warm ear lays." 

When seven months old, they are generally about grown, 
weighing from 14 to 17 pounds. The standard requires the 
young goose to weigh 16 and the gander 18 pounds, but if they 
are two pounds lighter and have good bone and broad frame, 
they can be conditioned to weight in ten days or two weeks. 
But if they are to serve as breeders instead of in the show room, 
leave them in thin flesh, for the buyer who knows his business 
wants bone and muscle, rather than fat and feathers. 

It would be foolish to raise Embden Geese for market 
purposes, for it will take years and years to supply the demand 
for Standard breeders, but the market affords a good place for 
the culls, and all flocks of truly upward striving breeders have 
their culls. They may be heavy enough but have that small 
spreading leg we are so anxious to eradicate. Their wings may 
droop or bow wrong, or they may be small boned or off in general 
conformation, but sold dressed, they more than pay the feed 
bill of the rest of the flock, and their feathers are preferred 
above every other fowl save the ostrich. The carcass when dressed 
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feathers, and commands from three to five cents more per pound 
than the dark geese. In the large cities the guaranteed Embden 
feathers bring from one dollar to a dollar and thirty cents per 
pound, and one goose will yield a half pound of feathers every 
six weeks, but show birds and breeding geese should not be 
picked. 

When the nobles of England ordered geese enough slaught- 
ered to make the queen a bed of down, it took over three hundred 
geese. What a pity the Embden did not nourish then. It 
would not have taken one fourth of that number and the down 
would have been more exquisite than Englishmen ever dreamed 
of. 

As to the actual profit, three pairs of splendid Embdens 
should make the foundation for a fine flock. They should be 
from two to ten years of age, and would cost you about thirty 
dollars. They should mature at the least figure, forty goslings, 
thirty five of which should be as good as the parent birds. These 
as breeding stock should bring five dollars each or $175 for your 
thirty invested. The other five fattened for table or market 
would pay for the feed of the entire flock for the summer, so if 
you want to turn grass into greenbacks, I say decidedly raise 
Embden Geese. 



BROODING OF BABY CHICKS. 

By Dr. L. D. LeGear, St. Louis, Mo. 

Leading up to the brooding of baby chicks I think a few 
remarks regarding the parent stock, eggs, incubators, etc., will 
not be amiss. 

I think it very important indeed to have your breeding pens 
and breeding stock properly mated and in the best of health and 
condition possible. Without healthy parent stock you can not 
expect strong, healthy, sturdy chicks. Proper care and feed- 
ing of the breeding stock is also very essential. They should 
be fed regularly on good wholesome food, and as much variety 
as possible. In the winter time I feed my birds whole grain 
night and morning in deep litter, and keep before them dry 
mash, oyster shell, grit, charcoal and ground bone at all times. 
I feed some green cut bone about three times a week, and also 
give them sprouted oats and mangels which I raise myself. 



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Breeding birds properly fed in the winter time greatly increase 
the fertility in the egg. As there are so many different kinds 
of incubators made and I have no preference for any of them, 
I will not dwell long on this subject. I have three different 
makes of incubators in use, but have no preference, as they 
will all do pretty well if they are properly managed. The manage- 
ment of the incubator is two-thirds of the battle, I think. I 
always thoroughly disinfect my incubators after each hatch, 
and consequently have never had a case of white diarrhoea 
among my baby chicks. I am never in any hurry in taking the 
chicks from the incubator. Of course there is always a varia- 
tion of from twenty to forty hours in the time in which certain 
eggs will hatch in the same machine, and I never take the baby 
chicks from the incubator until the oldest ones are at least 
sixty hours old. When I take them to the brooder room they 
are hungry and ready for something to eat and drink. For 
several years I struggled along under many difficulties, trying 
to raise early chicks with brooders and hovers, and became thor- 
oughly disgusted in trying to do so. I often called brooders and 
hovers "death traps" as my experience with them has led me 
to call them by that name. I have installed in my brooder room a 
Simplex Brooder Stove, which burns a cheap grade of kerosene, 
or coal oil. I installed this two years ago and raised all my 
chicks by it the last two seasons. I am not interested at all 
in the manufacture and sale of these stoves, nor in the people 
who make them, but I do believe in the principles of raising 
chicks by their method. There is nothing in the room but the 
stove, the chicks, the drinking fountains and the litter on the 
floor. 

There are no brooders or anything for them to hover under 
at night. They sleep right on the floor around the stove. The 
labor in raising chicks by this method is reduced practically 
to nothing. It does not require ten minutes a day to look after 
the chicks and the stove. It takes about three minutes each day 
to clean the burner and possibly five minutes every two or 
three days to put oil in the tank. I clean out the room and 
thoroughly disinfect it every week or ten days, depending upon 
the number of chicks I have in the room. I can raise my baby 
chicks around this stove just as well in February and March 
as I can outdoors on the green lawn in April and May. The 
room is properly ventilated, so that the air is pure and whole- 
some at all times. There is a thermostat connected with the 



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intake oil pipe that regulates the flow of the oil at all times, and 
keeps the temperature of the room at any required degree of 
heat. If I had to go back to using hovers and brooders again 
for the raising of early chicks I think I would quit the business. 
It never did look right to me to crowd fifty or one hundred baby 
chicks in a closed up brooder under a small, illy-ventilated 
hover and leave them there possibly for ten, twelve or fourteen 
hours during the long winter night. They get absolutely no 
ventilation, and they can not do well under any condition. 
You have to practically stand on your head to work with, 
see or adjust the lamps in most any brooder made, and to get 
the lamp properly adjusted for each night is a great problem 
indeed. There are several concerns making stoves similar 
to this that burn coal, and if they can make a burner that will 
keep fire all night by using coal, they will be just as good as 
the oil stove and can be operated for less money. My brooder 
room is fifteen feet square, and has two large south windows 
which let in the sunshine for the chicks to bask in on bright 
winter days. I can brood one dozen or one thousand chicks in 
there at one time. I can raise them in that room ranging in 
age from one day to two months old, and they will all do well 
provided the ventilators are properly managed and the heat 
kept at the proper temperature, which can be done with very little 
trouble and experience. It is certainly a pleasing sight to go 
into the room at night and see the little fellows stretched out 
on. the floor around the stove, enjoying sound sleep and com- 
fort. I keep a light layer of dry sand on the floor about the 
stove, and then the whole floor is covered with clean dry chaff 
or short straw or clover for the chicks to scratch in and sleep 
in. 



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HOW I RAISE CHICKENS ON A CITY LOT. 

By J. W. Gum, President of the Howell County Poultry Association and Secretary of the 
South Missouri Poultry Association, "West Plains, Mo. 

The Ozarks of Missouri have been very truthfully named 
by one who knows, "The Poultry Paradise." Because of the 
mild climate, the early spring and late fall, the growing season 
is especially long; the gravel in the soil furnishes the necessary 
grit and the drainage is always good, so that with these ad- 
vantages to start with the man or woman who loves chickens 
can easily find both pleasure and profit in poultry. In this 
day of intensive farming one does not require a quarter sec- 
tion, and indeed, all over the Ozarks you now see and hear 
the slogan, "A Good Family On Every Forty" — but my sub- 
ject is not the Ozarks. However, you know that every "Hill- 
billie"in our Ozarks is, or should be, a booster. 

I am asked to tell you how I managed to raise several 
hundred "Prize Winners" on a city lot. My lot is 102 x 125, 
on a corner, and contains a five room cottage and the neces- 
sary outbuildings. We have a roomy front and side yard, so 
that the space actually used is only about 50 x 100 feet. 

In my business as head miller at the Pease-Moore Milling 
Company's plant in our city, I am occupied eight hours every 
week day and frequently extra time, so that only a few hours 
can be devoted to riding my hobby, which is raising Single 
Comb Rhode Island Reds. My methods are as follows: 

Usually by January first I have disposed of all my surplus 
stock, keeping about thirty hens and pullets, two cocks and 
two cockerels for my breeders. Then I separate them into 
four pens, mating as I see best. After they have been mated 
for about two weeks, I commence to gather eggs for hatching, 
gathering twice daily, and place them in a box which I can re- 
verse twice each day, as this will keep the eggs from settling 
to one side. 

When I have collected enough eggs to fill the incubator I 
start my first hatch, and when the hatch is over, I remove the 
trays, giving the chicks room in the incubator until they are 
four days old, reducing the heat to one hundred degrees. When 
the chicks are thirty-six hours old I place some luke warm 
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before giving them their first feed, which consists of hard boiled 
eggs, fine charcoal and cayenne pepper. I feed this four times 
each day, with my wife's assistance, for two days, and by this 
time I have my brooder heated to one hundred degrees and the 
floor covered with fine sand and cut clover. Then the chicks 
are removed to the brooder and their diet changed to one of 
wheat bran, fine charcoal and brown bolted corn meal — this 
meal is just the ordinary meal browned in the oven — this feed 
continuing for ten days. The brooder house floor is kept covered 
with sand and litter of some kind, and after they have learned 
the brooder, I commence to add some commercial chick feed 
to the other feed, throwing it among the litter so that they will 
learn to scratch — nothing will develop young chicks better than 
to let them work for their living. When four weeks old, I 
prepare a dry mash for them, which consists of 30 per cent 
bran, 10 per cent corn meal, 10 per cent shorts, 10 per cent 
fine meat scraps and 1-4 per cent fine salt, feeding it in hoppers 
so they can eat at any time. As they are at the same time 
working for the chick feed, about this time I begin to see them 
grow. 

I usually keep them in the brooder house about six weeks, 
then they are moved to the colony house in the yard, using 
a heated hover to keep them warm on cold days and 
nights. After this I begin to feed ground corn, wheat and oats, 
at the same time giving them all the dry mash, charcoal and 
grit they want to eat; and by the time they are ten or twelve 
weeks old, I have fryers weighing from one and a fourth to 
two pounds. They are at this age culled very close, and the 
culls are marketed at a fancy price. The rest are crowded to 
maturity, the pullets usually laying at the age of four or five 
months. When they once get started to laying they will gener- 
ally keep it up all fall and winter. 

This method is followed with each hatch, and you would 
be surprised to see how many you can raise on a small lot. 
Now, my experience has been that when pullets are crowded 
to maturity, and forced for heavy laying, the fertility of the 
eggs for hatching is greatly impaired. For this reason, I am 
very careful in selecting my breeders. But to make the business 
profitable you must bring your pullets to early maturity, and 
when you do this, you will have early layers to bring in the 
profits. 



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I consider that my success is due to one thing largely, 
and that is this — keeping all of my yards, houses, nests, and 
drinking vessels in a sanitary condition; also keeping plenty of 
fresh water within reach at all times, as chickens must have 
plenty of fresh water and pure air to keep them in a healthy 
condition. In the early spring or at any time when I haven't 
lawn clippings, I use sprouted oats which I find to be a very 
helpful food. 



COMMERCIALISM AND FADS IN POULTRY RAISING. 

By M. L. Andrews, Bryant, Mo. 

In reviewing the many changes that have taken place in 
the varieties of poultry and noting their ups and downs, one 
thinks of what an important factor commercialism and fads 
have been in developing our present day so-called standard 
bred poultry. 

Not a great many years ago the different varieties of Coch- 
ins made up one of the largest classes in many western shows; 
Light Brahmas were always a large class and boomed as the 
greatest of winter layers; Silver Wyandottes were pressing 
the Barred Rocks for first place in numbers in many shows 
and Brown Leghorns were the large class in the Mediterraneans — 
with the Whites running second. 

What a change in the make up of our shows of today. 

A fad for blockier and more heavily feathered Cochins took 
possession of the breeders and every other quality was sacri- 
ficed for the sake of abnormal development of feathers. Fowls 
were imported to help the work of destruction and for a while 
we had classes of both English and American Cochins. 

The tall Light Brahmas could not stem the tide and so 
the fad for feathers engulfed them and specimens with Cochin 
shape and feathering found their way into our shows. Light 
Brahmas were good layers in those early days, but it would 
be hard to find any one classing them as such at the present 
time. 

Silver Wyandottes (or "Beauty Breed" as they were desig- 
nated by some), at the time they were running the Barred 
Rocks such a race for first place in our shows, were exceptionally 
good utility birds, being good layers, presenting a fine carcass 
when dressed and pleasing to look at, with their black feathers, 



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with medium sized white centers, but it was decreed that a 
change must be made to a lighter colored bird with open centers 
or Seabright lacing to the feathers. This change must be 
charged up to commercialism, as it was not popular enough 
to be called a fad, and came near swamping the Silvers. A 
few breeders profited by the change, but many were not satis- 
fied with the small number of salable birds they were able 
to produce and gave them up. Every other quality was made 
secondary to open centered feathers and as a result the Silvers 
were almost eliminated from the poultry map. A few staunch 
fanciers stood by them and in the past few years they seem 
to be on the increase in our shows. Some strains are produc- 
ing a large number of white sports, which was a very rare oc- 
currence years ago and is probably due to crossing with the 
White variety to help out size and egg production, both of 
which were lost sight of in the mad rush for open centered 
feathers. 

White Wyandottes could not steer clear of the faddists 
and an "all curves" bird was the slogan. With the "all curves" 
came the shorter backs and blockier birds, until some judges 
couldn't see a bird unless the back was so short that it made 
the neck and tail seem to join together. To maintain size 
and curves commercialism stepped in with White Orpington 
crosses which have since been cropping out, as shown by large 
numbers of White Legs, skins and beaks in some Wyandotte 
strains. 

This characteristic of some strains reminds me of an ex- 
perience I had at one time. A party wrote asking if I could 
use a lot of choice early hatched White Wyandotte pullets and 
described them as extra good all around. When they arrived, 
most of them had white skins, legs and beaks and when I promptly 
returned them, the huckster accused me of being a chronic 
kicker and said I didn't know a Wyandotte when I saw one; 
that they were from stock from one of our big poultry plants 
and a big advertiser and that the birds legs were yellow but 
they had been running in a yard where there was wood ashes 
and had bleached out. 

He did not say so, but I suppose the skins and beaks also 
bleached from same cause. 

This tip should be a boon to Orpington breeders who 
have fowls with yellow legs or skins. I do not guarantee results, 



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have no wood ashes for sale, and make no charge for the in- 
formation. 

From all reports the Indian Runner ducks that were first 
brought to this country were heavy layers — but like many 
good things — were too scarce, so commercialism had to take 
a hand in the game and any old colored puddle duck that would 
produce a few eggs, was brought into play to help out the "eggs 
for setting" end of the deal and the resultant colors were about 
as varied as Joseph's coat. No doubt some breeders are getting 
good returns from their Indian Runners. One small flock in 
our neighborhood changed hands four times in about a year 
and a half, but finally landed in market to roam no more, like 
the penny that had such a varied experience and extensive 
travels until it finally came to rest in Uncle Russell Sage's strong 
box. 

I think that nearly every fancier has a little warm corner 
in his heart for the good old Barred Plymouth Rocks and to 
breed high class exhibition specimens will test the skill of any 
breeder but the commercial importance of having good speci- 
mens has led to the double mating system, which I think is 
to be deplored. In the hands of old experienced breeders and 
exhibitors the system may be all right, but to the amateur 
breeder the special classes for standard matings, cockerel mat- 
ings, pullet matings, etc. — are enough to give them the shivers, 
and when you get the system of breeding so complex that it 
staggers the amateur you are driving the life blood from the 
fancy. 

I hope I am wrong, but it looks like breakers ahead for our 
good old favorites. 

Will the standard weights on Leghorns improve them, 
or lead to crosses for the purpose of increasing weights, that 
will ultimately hurt their laying qualities? I note that many 
of the highest producing females at the Egg Laying Contests 
at Mountain Grove were undersized birds of their respective 
varieties. Maybe, there's a reason. 

Wouldn't it be smooth sailing for all poultry raisers if 
a lot of the commercialism and "hot air" were left out of poultry 
advertising and breeders could always get somewhere near 
their money's worth when ordering stock and eggs? But as 
Mr. Link Orr would say — "What's the use." 

"Commercialism" shows up, spends ten or fifteen thousand 
in full page "hot air," claiming the earth and some wire fence 



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thrown in, unloads six dollars a hundred eggs at ten to thirty 
dollars per setting and stock in proportion — takes in fifty or a 
hundred thousand dollars and jumps the game, leaving a host 
of amateurs holding the sack. 

Such circumstances lead one to believe as Pat did about the 
Dutch. The captain on an ocean steamer called Pat and told 
him that a Dutchman had died down in 33 and for him to go 
down and throw the corpse overboard. Later the captain was 
informed that the corpse was still in 33. Pat was called and 
asked why he did not throw the corpse in 33 overboard? He 
answered "did you say 33? I thought you said 23. But the 
man in 23 was not dead, said the Captain. That's what he told 
me, replied Pat, and added "but you can't believe a Dutch- 
man." 



"NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS"— HOW TO BRING 

SUCH RESULTS. 

By A. V. Fish, Kirksville, Mo. 

Yes, nothing succeeds like success, but what is success? 
Success is the favorable or prosperous termination of any- 
thing attempted. It may consist of but one attainment in the 
poultry business, but that may be a grand success in itself. Be- 
cause one has not reached all there is to reach in the poultry 
industry is no reason he has not succeeded if he has reached one 
goal of importance. There are many goals which a poultry- 
man may strive to attain. He may start out to make a great 
fortune and by handling a large number of birds, and by his 
business ability alone, make the fortune he started out to find. 
He may have failed to gain anything in quality of bird or egg 
production and still we say he has made a success. Another 
man may raise only a small number of birds and his great aim 
be to get the best quality bird. If he succeeds in producing 
the quality he desires, he has made a success. It is the same 
with the man that is producing birds for egg production or any 
other branch of the poultry industry. 

There perhaps will never be a poultry breeder who will 
succeed in all the branches of the poultry industry, but all must 
succeed to a certain degree in a financial way or he cannot 
succeed in any great degree in any other way. Every degree of 

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success we have helps us to succeed better in all of the other 
degrees. 

The Poultry business is a scientific business. The four corner 
stones on which it rests are: 

1. Ability and desire. 

2. Good fowls well bred. 

3. The right foods skillfully fed. 

4. Suitable location and buildings. 

Perhaps no one starts in the poultry business without the 
desire but many without the ability. Some have natural ability 
and others must train themselves. Ability consists of the 
power to control yourself and your flock perfectly and to see 
and foresee. 

One of the most important things is to keep your flock 
contented and quiet. Kindness in the poultry yards will go a 
long way toward doing this. We cannot secure the best of success 
unless we show kindness to our birds. Commence when they 
are hatched; handle the wee little chicken often, smooth their 
downy backs; give them their feed from your hand. They will 
soon learn to appreciate it, and as they grow, keep petting 
them often. They will soon learn to follow you and want to 
be picked up. It is very pleasing to have your birds come 
running after you and flying in your feed pan, and on your 
shoulder when feeding time comes. Your birds will soon learn 
to love you if you love them. They will come running to meet 
you when they see you or hear your voice. 

When you call your birds always have something in your 
pail for them and feed them a little; it will give them confidence 
in you. Never scare them when they are hungry and get under 
your feet and give them a kick to help them out of your way 
Never throw the feed at them and scare them, but go quietly 
among them. Put their feed down gently. 

It is pleasant to have visitors come to see you and see 
your birds flock about you in this manner, and be so gentle that 
the company can pick them up and pet them. 

There are some varieties of fowls that are more nervous 
than others, especially the Leghorns. They seem to be more 
of a wild disposition, and inclined to "take a hike" when you 
go near them, but even they can be trained to come up and 
look up to you as if to say, "Can't you take me up?" 

The little things in the poultry business are the things 
that count in success. I might mention a few of the little 



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things that mean a great deal to any poultryman — cleanliness 
of premises, buildings, water and feeding pans; give the birds 
plenty of fresh air, but do not permit them to roost in a draft; 
do not get water on the floor of the buildings; keep on the 
watch for the appearance of any disease; keep the lice and 
mites away; do not be wasteful with feed or money: save all the 
by-products especially the fertilizer which is usually wasted. 
If you will follow these plans, you will find a material increase 
in the profits. It is the careful man or woman who reaps the 
harvest and the ones who say there is no profit in the poultry 
business are those that neglect the small details of this im- 
portant branch of the farm industry. 

In selecting your birds, get the best if it is only a few, 
of whatever breed you think will suit your fancy. Do not 
give up if you do not succeed as well as you would like. Success 
comes to those who labor and wait. If you get the best you 
will not get all of your birds to suit you, but in time you can 
have a large flock of the best quality instead of a medium 
quality. Be very careful in mating so you will not go down 
instead of up. The science of mating is perhaps the most im- 
portant of all, because by poor mating you will not produce 
the kind of birds you wish, therefore you cannot succeed. 

A great deal of your success will depend on the kind of 
food you feed and the way in which you feed it. Get good 
food and then do not feed it all to the birds at once and then let 
them go without for several days. Much could be said on 
this subject, but the most important thing is to see that the 
birds get the right amount at the right time and see that the 
birds have to exercise enough in getting it that they will enjoy 
it. 

The location and buildings are also important, however 
almost any location can be made allright for the poultry business 
if the buildings are made to suit the location. You should never 
try to raise poultry on low, damp ground, they need a dry place 
to do well. The buildings need not be expensive, but they must 
be well ventilated, have good light and be free from drafts. 

One of the most important things to succeed well is to 
know your birds individually. It is not enough to know that 
this bird or that belongs to your flock or to pen six or seven, 
you should know each bird well enough to know their dispo- 
sition, their laying qualities, their show qualities, and exactly 
how they matured from a baby chick to a profitable bird. This 



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may seem almost impossible to some, but it is possible. I have 
been able to know all of my birds in my breeding pens in this 
manner for several years. It is the only safe way to be able 
to cull your flock and use nothing but the best for mating. 

I believe it is best to breed for egg production and then 
combine as many other good qualities with it as you can. Be 
able to see the right thing at the right time, be honest and in- 
dustrious, and you will succeed. 



HOW I RAISE CHICKENS SUCCESSFULLY. 

By Geo. C. Grant, Kirkwood, Mo. 

There have been volumes written on the subject of 
"Success with Poultry," and from those same volumes we can 
learn how to improve a breed; how to make new breeds; how to 
breed for shape and feathers, and all the good points that go to 
make a fine bird, and so far I have found the books helpful, 
wonderfully so, but when they come to tell you how to success- 
fully raise those birds, after hatching them, you are bewildered. 
The things to feed and the ways of feeding are so many, and so 
varied, that one hardly knows what to do. 

As briefly as I can, I will give you my methods: 
I hatch my chickens early. I begin running the incubators 
in December and continue until April. After cleaning, disin- 
fecting, warming and regulating my incubator, (I hatch only in 
incubators) I dip the eggs in disinfectant two per cent creoline 
and the water warmed a little, just the chill taken off. After 
dipping, I place them in the incubator and turn the tray around 
morning and night. The third day I begin turning the eggs and 
turn them morning and night until the night of the 18th day, 
when I separate the eggs and place them in the pedigree tray, 
and close up the machine and keep it closed until the hatch is 
over, which will be the 21st day. If I start my incubator at 
9 o'clock at night, at 9 o'clock the night of the 21st day, the hatch 
will be over, and I take the tray out and mark the chicks and put 
them altogether in the nursery of the incubator. I let them stay 
there without food or water, just fresh air, until the afternoon of 
the third day. At 3:00 P. M. on the third day, I feed them their 
first meal consisting of a chick meal scalded and cooled, then I 
put them in the warmed hover where there is a deep litter of cut 
clover hay. The next day I feed them four times and give them 



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luke warm water. Until they are a week old, they are fed in this 
way — nothing but chick meal. At the end of a week I begin to 
mix green food with the chick meal; in a small proportion at 
first, with a small sprinkling of fine charcoal. The green food 
may consist of sprouted oats, carrots or lettuce at first, and later 
on cabbage. All must be cut up very fine. As time passes, I 
add a greater proportion of green food to the chick meal until it 
is half green stuff. When they are two weeks old, I begin to give 
them their last meal of the day of chick grain. This feeding con- 
tinues until they are five or six weeks old, and then I begin giving 
them one meal a day of dry mash. 

I have found that overfeeding is one of the principal causes 
of sickness. In warm weather feed much lighter than in cold 
weather. In summer feed less grain and more green stuff, 
clover and grass. 

Keep their drinking water fresh and clean. Have plenty of 
sand. Charcoal and grit, where they can get it. 

I let the chickens run together, keeping the different ages 
separate until the cockerels begin to crow, when I separate the 
cockerels from the pullets. I have had pullets laying as early as 
August, and as young as five months, but I prefer to hold them 
back until they are seven months old. 

I have great layers and they lay very heavily in the winter. 

But first, last and all the time "Keep Clean." In building 
houses for chickens, have in mind good ventilation and conven- 
ience in cleaning. 

To my mind, chicken shows are among the best educators we 
have in the business, and I have a chicken show at my home each 
year from January 1st to December 31st, 9:00 A. M. to 9:00 P. M. 
Visitors are cordially invited. I will gladly demonstrate my 
methods at any time for anyone who is interested. 



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OPPORTUNITIES OF POULTRY RAISING FOR 
YOUNG PEOPLE. 

By Elbert E. Lawrence, Secretary-Treasurer. 

It was on my sixth birthday that I first entered the field, 
having on that day received, the gift of a pair of bantams, with 
the assurance that they were mine alone and that I should have 
the daily task of feeding and watering them, and keeping their 
coop clean. They were little beauties and to me, they held a 
fascination which no other gift has since had. After three or 
four years of bantam raising I changed to a more profitable 
breed. At this time I purchased from a neighbor lady 100 eggs, 
of White Plymouth Rocks and have continued from year to year 
to raise this variety, which I have found the most profitable and 
interesting of any of the larger breeds. At times I have had in 
addition several other varieties, including the Mammoth Bronze 
Turkey, White and Brown Leghorns, Barred Plymouth Rocks, 
Buff Cochins, Pekin Ducks, both colored and White Runner 
Ducks and Toulouse Geese. At present I have only the White 
Rocks and White Runner Ducks, for so far this is the best com- 
bination of fowls I have found and by far the most profitable. 
But I might stop and say, right here, that it has not all been easy 
sailing. In these years I have come up against some serious dif- 
ficulties. I have seen my flock contract diseases from which I 
have lost many valuable birds. I have had to fight the mite and 
the chicken louse and learn by experience how to keep them down 
to the minimum. I have had unsatisfactory hatches from my 
incubator and saw the egg supply fall short, and in the face of 
all this, I smile when I pick up a Sunday Edition of our City 
Newspapers, and read where some one with a few hundred dol- 
lars, invested in the Poultry Business has in the course of three 
or four years built up a fortune, or how by investing $2.00 in Mr. 
So and So's method of poultry raising, another has learned how 
to make a small flock of chickens in a back lot return an annual 
profit of from $5.00 to $50.00 a head. Now, I don't want to leave 
the impression that only the occasional dealer is successful; for 
this is not the truth, there are too many prosperous poultry men 
and women in the country today to contradict this, and I do 
think there is hardly another opening today where either young 



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or old can with as small an outlay of money and time realize as 
great returns. 

But the secret of such success, lies in the willingness to begin 
in a small way and grow up with the business. Seven-tenths of 
the failures are on account of too heavy investments at the start 
in equipping their plant and then trying to economize by stock- 
ing it with second grade stock. Ignorance of poultry manage- 
ment and best methods of buying and selling, result in losses 
and they soon go to the wall. I feel sure that the older poultry 
people here will agree with me in this assertion. Begin on a small 
scale and grow slowly. This has been the method of our greatest 
breeders and as one instance, I would cite to you Mr. U. R. Fishel 
of Hope, Indiana, President of the country's only $1,000,000 
poultry corporation, Treasurer of the A. P. A. and owner of the 
largest specialty poultry farm — Fishelton — home of the country's 
famous White Rocks. Mr. Fishel, when a boy, earned his first 
dollar by sawing wood and with this dollar he purchased a setting 
of eggs, in his book describing Fishelton, he gives the whole 
story of his wonderful success which was built up from that small 
beginning. And it is surely an incentive to boys and girls to 
use their spare time in some such way. I say boys and girls for 
I believe, there is a great place for young women in the Poultry 
Field. You don't hear of so many famous poultry women as 
men, although I personally know of a few of international reputa- 
tion, and I imagine that if some of our great poultry men were 
asked, they would tell you that their success is largely due to their 
wives or sisters. The greater patience and gentleness of women in 
handling fowls, and their care for details in keeping everything 
clean, and sanitary make them natural poultry raisers and I 
would like to see more girls take up the idea. 

It was not until I began to make a thorough study of the 
questions of housing, feeding, breeding, incubation, and sani- 
tation, that I came to realize good returns from my poultry. 
Fowls are not profitable when cared for in a haphazard way. 
For six years I have used the open front house entirely, with 
pieces of canvass that can be raised or lowered inside the wire 
netting, in the most extreme cold weather. I keep a box of dust 
for the chickens to wallow in and in this way they can almost 
rid themselves of lice. Then, when cleaning the drop board, 
which should be done daily, I occasionally sprinkle kerosene 
over the roosts. I whitewash the inside walls both spring and fall 
and occasionally sprinkle lime over the drop boards and along 



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the walls. I use galvanized trap nests which are easily disinfected 
and in which there are no place for mites to hide — so by oc- 
casionally dusting the birds themselves with an insect powder it 
is a hard matter for these pests to exist. 

Then I give great care to the water fountains and feed hop- 
pers, for cleanliness must be observed if the best results are to 
be obtained. I used to think that I must keep my birds doped 
with condition powders, and egg laying foods to reap any profit, 
but now, with as few simple remedies in case of sickness and 
diligent care of the general environment, I keep my flock in a 
normal healthy condition and am rewarded with an exceptionally 
good yield of eggs. It is well to remember the old adage, "an 
ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" and to be ever on 
the lookout for any disease or pest, heading them off be- 
fore any harm is done. 

The poultry yard should have abundant shade and for this 
I would suggest fruit trees, or berry bushes, for these may be 
made to yield a double income. I have also used sunflowers 
which give the necessary shade, and later the seeds are much en- 
joyed by the birds. In this case they must be given a good 
start before the chickens are turned in on them, otherwise the 
tender plants would be quickly destroyed. 

There isn't a poultry man who would not say, invest only 
in standard breeds and keep your breed pure, for mongrel stock 
doesn't pay; and although my birds have taken blues at poultry 
shows they have also made records of over 200 eggs and I believe 
the day of the strictly show bird specimen is waning and that 
a combination of fancy and utility qualities are what we should 
strive for. Learn how to secure size, health and prolific egg- 
laying qualities in your fowls, for such questions as this and for 
any troublesome problems that may come up, you have your 
State Experiment Station at Mt. Grove, Missouri, where the 
most efficient help may be secured. Our station by the way has 
taken first place among the experiment stations of all the States, 
under Mr. T. E. Quisenberry, whose practical help and advice 
have meant so much to me. In my estimation, there is nothing 
more important than for the beginner to affiliate himself with a 
club whose members have the same ambition, the same aims, 
and the same problem to solve as he. Now, there are numberless 
young people's clubs over the country, some connected with the 
Public Schools, some backed by the Department of Agriculture, 
but I feel safe in saying that there is not another in existence to- 



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day that is in a position to do as much for its members as the 
Junior American Poultry Club. All we ask is a chance to prove 
it to you. It is a national organization, self-governing, and 
fathered by the World's greatest poultry growers. Our active 
members are young people from almost every state in the union, 
and among our honorary members are Mr. U. R. Fishel, of whom 
I have already spoken. Miss S. Carey of Engldnd, who is our 
foreign representative, and the world's most noted poultry 
woman, Mr. S. T. Campbell, Secretary of the A. P. A. and others. 

As a member you have a voice in shaping the course and 
policy of the Club, in electing officers, and formulating plans for 
work. You are entitled to all the Club's literature, bulletins, and 
year book free, and furthermore you may compete for the club's 
prizes — cups, gold and silver medals, ribbons, etc. 

We are more than pleased with the success of the Club this 
year and the outlook for the future is bright, but we are especially 
desirous of securing the co-operation of a greater number of the 
older men and women. Some unpleasant comment has been 
made regarding young people's clubs being organized and con- 
trolled entirely by the young people themselves, this difficulty is 
going to be removed in our club, by organizing a Board of Patrons, 
made up of experienced breeders who will guide and advise the 
younger members. It is with great pleasure I announce the ap- 
pointment of Mr. Maurice F. Delano of Owen Farms, Vineyard 
Haven, Massachusetts, as president of this Board, and I am hop- 
ing that a number older men and women may be induced to take 
places with Mr. Delano to make this Board a success. I feel sure 
that you could do nothing that would encourage the young people 
any more in this great work. Helping them to help themselves — 
is "Bread Cast Upon The Waters". 

We believe in poultry raising as the most splendid opening 
for young people; we believe in organization as the best means of 
furthering their interests; and we also believe that there is no 
better organization for this purpose than the Junior American 
Poultry Club. 



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MENDELIAN INHERITANCE AND ITS RELATION 
TO POULTRY BREEDING. 

This is a subject which is not understood by many poultry- 
men. The reason we have not made more rapid progress in 
the breeding of poultry than we have, and the reason so many 
become discouraged with their efforts to breed either fancy 
poultry or poultry for egg production is because the average 
farmer or poultry raiser has never given the subject of systematic 
breeding but little thought. Prof. H. L. Kempster, professor of 
Poultry Husbandry at the University of Missouri made an ad- 
dress before the Missouri State Poultry Association at the State 
Poultry show on the above subject. 

His address was as follows and deserves careful study: 

The two most important theories which have been advanced 
in recent years as regards their effect upon our present day know- 
ledge of inheritance are the cell theory, which has come to be the 
key to all biological problems, and the theory of Mendelian 
heredity. Since the two are at present so closely associated as 
relates to their bearing upon heredity, it seems fitting that a 
brief discussion of the former should be made in order to em- 
phasize the feasibility of the latter, and also to show that there 
is a mechanism provided which fits in with our present day knowl- 
edge of the Mendelian phenomena. That the biologist working 
entirely independent of any knowledge of Mendelianism in his 
investigation of cell behavior should make this discovery is ex- 
tremely important since it shows that the theory of Mendelian- 
ism was evolved with no knowledge of cell behavior. 

The cell theory, according to Wilson, is that the body may be 
resolved into a vast host of minute structural units known as 
cells, out of which, directly or indirectly, every part is built. 
The body at one time constituted a single cell. By a series of 
multiplications additional cells have been formed which in time 
become highly specialized. A cell is a mass of protoplasm which 
in its simplest form may or may not be spherical. This mass of 
protoplasm may or may not have a cell wall. It contains a 
nucleus, a mesh of net work, lifeless bodies, such as food granules, 
pigment bodies, drops of oil or water, etc. The cell also contains 
a centrosphere which plays an important part in cell division. 
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cell is the nucleus, since it is the nucleus which contains the car- 
riers of hereditary factors. An examination of the nucleus will 
show that this contains a small nucleus, called nucleolus, also a 
fibrous net work, which is called chromatin. It is this chroma- 
tin material which is the important part of the cell and to which 
our attention will be directed from now om 

How Cells Divide. — Cell division is a complex process. The 
method which is to be described is known as mitosis and is ap- 
plied to all forms of higher plant and animal life. The whole 
mechanism is directed toward an equal distribution of the chro- 
matin material of the nucleus, to which everything else is ac- 
cessory. The end to be attained is an equal distribution of this 
chromatin material to the daughter cells. The first indication 
of cell division is manifest when the centrosphere divides. After 
this division each is known as a centrasome. These contre- 
somes begin to spread apart with star-like threads running out 
in all directions. The chromatin net work first collects itself 
into a long thread. As the centrosomes spread farther apart this 
chromatin thread breaks up into a definite number of pieces, 
depending upon the species. Finally, when the centrosomes 
have reached a certain point, the pieces of chromatin, which 
from now on will be called chromosomes, orient themselves into 
an equatorial plate, or equal distance from the two centrospheras. 
Apparently the astral rays which run out from the centrospheres 
attach themselves to the chromosomes. The next step is a 
splitting into longitudinal halves of the chromosomes. There 
appears to be a shortening of the fibers running from the centra- 
some to the chromosomes. The halves of chromosome diverge 
to opposite poles; there is a formation of a membrane between the 
two masses of chromatin; there is a formation of a cell wall, and 
as a result two cells appear where there was one before. This is 
typical cell division. 

Germ cells are specialized cells. They undergo a process of 
chromatin division similar to that which is described for a soma- 
tic cell. It is readily seen, however, that there must be a reduc- 
tion of the number of chromosomes, otherwise each successive 
generation would have twice as many chromosomes as its parent. 
Germ cells, then, are specialized cells for the reproduction of the 
species. These specialized cells have undergone a process of 
chromatin reduction. The chromatin takes on a tetrad forma- 
tion; the two tetrads draw up to form a spindle, one-half of the 
chromatin going into one cell and the other half going into the 



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other. These cells continue to divide from now on. However, 
in the case of the female only one out of four remains active. At 
the union of a male and female cell the chromosomes are again 
brought together and the new individual thus formed has the 
same number of chromosomes as its parent and receives half of 
the chromosomes from one parent and half from the other. This, 
in brief, is a description of the mechanism of heredity which con- 
forms exactly with the theory of Mendelian heredity which, as 
has been stated before, was discovered with no knowledge what- 
ever of the chromosome theory. 

Mendelianism. — Mendelianism is a theory of heredity which 
was worked out by a monk called Mendel, from whom the theory 
derives its name. Mendel performed his experiments with peas. 
He crossed a tall pea upon a dwarf. The resulting hybrid, was 
not half way between a tall and a dwarf, but was as tall as its 
tall ancestor. When these hybrids were bred among themselves, 
it was discovered that part of the offspring were dwarf, while the 
remainder were tall. In this case also there were no peas inter- 
mediate. Upon examination of the breeding qualities of this 
second generation it was discovered that the dwarf peas bred 
true to type and always produced dwarfs; it was also discovered 
that certain strains of the tall peas would breed nothing but tall 
peas, while others would breed both tall and dwarf. Mendel 
called the character of tallness a dominant character, and the 
factor for dwarfness a recessive. Mendel also used the term 
gamete as applying to the marrying or germ cells, and the in- 
dividual formed by the union of the two germ cells is spoken of 
as the zygote. A zygote, then, arises as a result of the union of 
two gametes. It should be regarded then as having the ability 
to split up into gametes at the time germ cells are formed. Men- 
del conceived that these gametes were bearers of something 
capable of giving rise to characters in the plant. A single gamete, 
however, could carry but one of any pairs of characters. For 
instance, the original pure tall pea carried the factor for tallness 
in its germ cells. The absence of this factor was carried in the 
germ cell of the dwarf. The hybrid generation, however, had 
the ability to produce two kinds of gametes, one of which carried 
the factor for tallness and the other for dwarfness. The isola- 
tion or separation of these factors or unit characters in the germ 
cell indicates that the factors for dwarfness and tallness are en- 
tirely exclusive so far as the gamete or germ cells are concerned. 
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which we can indicate as being accessory behave as unit factors. 
At the present time we have a number of such characters which 
behave in this manner. For instance, the color of the hair, 
color of the eyes, curve of the nose, etc., are unit characters, and 
their appearance in the offspring depends entirely upon whether 
the character is a dominant or a recessive. Tallness in the case 
of the pea is a unit character; its presence in the plant causes the 
plant to be tall; its absence, short. The tall parent has the 
character for tallness; the hybrid has both the factor for tallness 
and dwarfness. If the hybrid has two factors, it indicates that 
the zygotic conditions of an individual is two. For instance, 
the composition of the zygote may be written Tt, in which T in- 
dicates the factor for tallness and t the factor for dwarfness. If 
the hybrid is written as Tt, the pure parent should have its 
zygotic makeup indicated by TT for the tall parent, and tt for 
the dwarf. An individual which is pure for certain character 
has the ability to form only one kind of gamete. For instance, 
the pure tall pea transmits the character for tallness to all its 
germ cells. This condition is known as homozygoux, or capable 
of producing only one kind of gamete. The hybrid Tt has the 
ability to form two kinds of gametes and, therefore, is called 
heterozygous. From a genetic standpoint an individual is pure 
when it is homozygous for a certain factor. The explanation of 
the behavior of the peas can easily be explained. 

TTx tt = Tt 

Tt x Tt = TT Tt Tt tt 



tall small 



Mendelian phenomenon, then, can be described as follows: 
For any given character of the progeny resulting from the cross 
of hybrids, one quarter will resemble the grandparent on one 
side, one quarter will resemble the other grandparent, and one- 
half will resemble the hybrids. 

We have many cases of Mendelian phenomena occurring 
in poultry. For years breeders have been baffled by the peculiar 
behavior of the Blue Andalusian. When Blue Andalusians are 
bred there are a large number of birds unlike their parents. Some 
of the progeny will be black, some will be white, or nearly so, 
while others will be blue. It was naturally supposed that con- 
tinued breeding from blue would result in the development of a 
pure strain of Blue Andalusians. Yet, in spite of the fact that 



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they have been bred for over a century, they still possess this 
characteristic of throwing whites and blacks. Since the Menda- 
lian discovery this can be easily explained. The original Blue 
Andalusian came as the result of crossing a black chicken upon 
a white. The resulting hybrid generation having a combina- 
tion of the black pigment mixed in with the white caused the 
effect of blue. A Blue Andalusian, then, can have its zygotic 
formula written as BW 

B (black) x W (or white) = Blue. 

In this case we do not have a dominance of black over white 
or white over black, but blended inheritance. However, when 
the germ cells are formed the Blue Andalusian has the ability 
to form two kinds of germ cells, one, however, carrying the 
factor for black and the other for white; none of them, how- 
ever, carrying the factor for blue. As a result, 

BW x BW = BB, BW, BW, WW. 

BB is pure black and will breed true to type. BW is a 
hybrid, is blue and will throw black, white and blue. WW is 
pure white and will breed true to type. The Blue Andalusian, 
then, is a hybrid fowl and cannot breed only blues. Accord- 
ing to the Mendelian theory one half of the progeny will be 
blue, while the remaining half will be whites and blacks. How- 
ever, if the Blue Andalusian breeder instead of throwing away 
his whites and blacks would cross the black and white together 
the resulting progeny would be all blue. 

Another illustration of Mendelian phenomena is in re- 
gard to the inheritance of comb. For many years the breeder 
of rose-comb varieties has been continually bothered by having 
single combs thrown. He has always been content to ex- 
plain this as a reversion or throwing back to some ancestral 
type. The term which has been applied to behavior of this 
kind is atavism. In the light of present knowledge atavism is 
simply a recombination of the germ cells in such a manner 
as to restore a previous ancestral condition. A single comb is 
the simplest type of comb. A rose comb is one to which a 
factor for roseness has been added. When this factor is absent 
the comb is single. Roseness is a dominant character. One 
"dose" will cause a comb to be rose. Rose-Comb chickens may 
possess the ability to transmit the factor for roseness to all of 
their germ cells, or to only one half of their germ cells, depend- 
ing upon whether they are homo or heterozygous for the factor 
for roseness. One cannot tell, except by testing, whether a 



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rose-comb chicken is pure for comb. One which is pure for 
comb can be represented by the letters RR. To test, cross a 
rose-comb chicken upon a single-comb chicken. 

RR x rr (single) = Rr (rose comb) 
If a rose-comb chicken is crossed upon a single-comb chicken, 
all the progeny will have rose combs, the bird which is being 
tested is pure for rose-comb and none of his progeny 
will have single combs. If, however, Rr type of comb bird 
is crossed upon a single-comb chicken, thus, 

Rr x rr = Rr and rr. 
or, in other words, when a Rr or a heterozygous bird is crossed 
upon a single-comb chicken one half of the progeny will have 
rose combs. This explains why single-comb chickens come in 
flocks such as Wyandottes. When two, Rr — Rr or heterozygous 
although apparently rose-comb chickens are crossed thus, 

Rr x Rr = RR — Rr rR — rr, 
the result will be three rose-comb chickens to one single. 

In the discussion so far we have referred to characters as 
being complementary. For instance, white has been con- 
trasted to black and roseness has been contrasted with single. 
In the construction of a genetic formula the capital letter rep- 
resents the presence of a factor and the small letter represents 
its absence. We will let A represent any factor with which 
we are dealing. In the homozygous condition which will be 
represented by AA, while the heterozygous condition will be 
represented by Aa, the entire absence by aa. So far we have 
been dealing with one pair of characters; when we are dealing 
with two pairs the formula becomes more complex. Let A 
represent one character and B another. The individual would 
have the genetic formula of AA BB. The germ cells or gametes 
formed would be AB. We will mate an individual having this 
formula with an individual in which these factors are absent, 
i. e., aa bb. 

AABB x aabb = Aa Bb. 
The hybrids Aa Bb have the ability to produce four kinds of 
germ cells. 

AB 

Ab 

aB 

ab 



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When the hybrids are crossed 

AB AB 

Ab x Ab 

aB aB 

ab ab 
The four kinds of sperm have an equal chance at the four kinds 
of eggs. As a result, then, 16 individuals will be produced as 
follows : 

AB AB AB AB 

aB Ab aB ab 

Ab Ab Ab Ab 
AB Ab aB ab 

aB aB aB aB 
AB Ab aB aB 

ab ab ab ab 

AB Ab aB ab 

A good illustration of this combination can be had by a 
study of the peacomb. In the same way that the rose-comb 
is rose because it has the factor of roseness, so the pea-comb 
is pea because it has a factor for peaness. Rose is dominant 
to single and pea is also dominant to single. What would happen 
if chickens having these two combs were crossed together? 
The result is a blended inheritance into a form of comb re- 
sembling the strawberry, or walnut comb. However, when 
these walnut-comb chickens are crossed together the second 
generation shows 9 walnut-combs, three rose-combs, three 
pea-combs and one single. This can easily be explained by 
resorting to our Mendelian phenomena. For illustration: 

Let A=the factor for rose-comb, 

Let B = the factor for pea-comb. 

Then a rose-comb chicken has the genetic formula of AA 
bb. The pea-comb chicken aa BB. 

Ab x aB = Aa Bb, or walnut-comb. 
Walnut comb in this case results when A and B are in the same 
individual. When these hybrids, however, are crossed to- 
gether the result is similar to the square given above. Four 
kinds of germ cells are produced and these when combined 
with their corresponding mates will result in 16 individuals. 



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Nine will have both A and B, hence, will be walnut-combed. 
Three will have A and b, rose-comb. Three will have aB, pea- 
comb. The remaining individual, will have no factor for rose 
or pea and therefore is a single comb. 

Another good illustration of this same point, and one 
which also explains the term atavism as being a restoration of 
some former combination of germ cells is the cross of a black 
Spanish upon the white Silky. It is commonly believed that 
all of our Mediterranean breeds have descended from the Jungle 
Fowl. This Jungle Fowl had the pattern markings similar to 
our present day brown Leghorn. In fact, it is believed that 
this Jungle pattern remains latent in the Mediterranean class. 
This Jungle pattern is supposed to be hypostatic. It is hidden 
by an epistatic condition, such as black color, or the absence 
of color entirely. Breeders frequently see red feathers occurring 
in black varieties. If the Black Spanish is crossed upon a white 
Silky the resulting color will be black. If, however, these 
hybrids are crossed together 9 of the chickens will be black, 
3 will have the Jungle pattern and 4 will be white. This ex- 
planation reduces itself now to this genetic formula: 

Let A = the factor for color. 

Let B = the factor for black. 

Let J = the factor for Jungle pattern. 

Then ABJ = Black Spanish, and 

abJ = White Silky. 
The Black Spanish is black because it has a factor for color 
and also a factor for black, the black color hiding the Jungle 
pattern. The White Silky is white because it has no factor 
for color, and hence, the Jungle pattern does not show. The 
resulting cross is ABJ — abJ. These hybrids, however, have 
the ability to form four kinds of germ cells: 

ABJ 

AbJ 

aBJ 

abJ 
Out of 16 different combinations it resolves itself down to 
9 ABJ (black), 3 AbJ (Jungle color), 3 aBJ (white), and 1 
abJ (white,). This explains the reason for 9 of the birds being 
black, three of them having the jungle pattern and four white. 
A single dose often permits this hypostatic condition to show 
through. For instance: 

P— 13 



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AB AB is pure black 

AB ab is not pure black, but partially so. 

Another illustration of this same point is in the case of 
the White Leghorn. Some birds are white because the factor 
for color has been eliminated from their germ cells. Illustra- 
tions of that are the White Wyandottes and White Rocks which 
are said to be "sports" from the Silver Wyandotte and the 
Barred Rock. A white "sport" is simply a bird in which the 
color factor has been dropped out. There are other birds which 
are white because they have in their germ cells a factor which 
will not permit color to show. The White Leghorn is a bird of 
this description. If the White Leghorn is crossed upon a re- 
cessive white, the first generation resulting from this cross 
will be pure white. If, however, these hybrids are crossed 
together the combination will show 13 whites and 3 colored 
chickens. By resorting to our genetic formula for the com- 
bination of two characters, this can be explained: 

Let A=the factor for color 

Let B = the factor which will not permit color to show. 

Then AB = the genetic makeup of the White Leghorn 

and ab = the gentic makeup of the recessive white. 
Crossing these two birds together in the first generation, we 
have Aa Bb, or a white chicken. When these hybrids are 
crossed together, the result is the 9, 3, 3, 1 combination, or, 9 
AB, which are white, 3 Ab, which would be colored, 3 aB, which 
would be white, and ab, which is white. 

We have thus seen how a combination of two sets of char- 
acters works. Where we were dealing with one pair of characters 
the F2 generation shows three kinds of individuals coming out 
in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 1. When two pairs of characters are con- 
sidered the F2 generation shows 9:3:3:1. When three pairs 
of characters are considered the combination becomes more 
complex. 

27 = ABC,: 9 ABc: 9 AbC: 9 aBC: 3 Abe: 3 aBc: 3 abC: 
1 abc. 

We will pass from one consideration of Mendelian behavior 
to a consideration of the inheritance of sex. An examination 
of the germ cells shows a very interesting fact. From the pre- 
vious description of the formation of the germ cells it was stated 
and assumed that there was an equal distribution of the chromo- 
somes in each germ cell. Microscopical examination, how- 
ever, reveals the fact that there is an equal distribution of 



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chromosomes in the female, but an odd number, or unequal 
distribution in the male. For instance, the male will have 
the usual number in one germ cell and will have an accessory 
chromosome in the other. The female, however, will have 
the accessory chromosome in both. It is believed that this 
odd chromosome is the determiner of sex. If the male germ 
cell having the accessory chromosome unites with the germ 
cell of the female, a female will be the result. If the male germ 
cell which lacks the accessory chromosome mates with the 
female germ cell, a male will result. That this actually does 
occur in some animals is beyond queston. The human being 
has its sex determined by this accessory chromosome. 
Guyer, of Wisconsin, claims to have discovered the 
chromosome for chickens. This point is disputed by one 
or two prominent investigators. The fact remains, however, 
that the sex of a chicken is determined at the union of the 
germ cells, and that there is no scheme whereby one can predeter- 
mine the sex of a chicken. 

There are, however, cases of unusual importance. The 
barring factor in Barred Rocks is an excellent case of sex linked 
inheritance. The Barred Rock male has the ability to trans- 
mit its barring characteristics to all of its offspring. The fe- 
male, however, transmits it to only one-half of the offspring, 
and then only to the males. In other words, a Barred Rock 
female cannot transmit its barring characteristics to its fe- 
male offspring; in other words the Barred Rock male is homozy- 
gous for the factor of barring; he can transmit it in all of his 
germ cells. The Barred Rock female is heterozygous and 
transmits it in only one-half her germ cells. The factor for 
barring, is sex linked, and passes to the male offspring. This 
can be expressed genetically as follows: 

BB x bb = Bb = all barred progeny 

Barred male x non-barred female. 

Bb x bb = Bb = all males, barred. 

Barred female x non-barred female. 

bb= females, none barred. 

Inheritance of egg production. — It is commonly believed 
that egg production is inherited. There are certain strains 
of hens whose progeny invariably lay a large number of eggs. 
There are also certain individuals of the flock which lay, while 
others remain unproductive. The most natural conclusion that 
one would make is that by the continued selection of high layers 



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a high laying strain could be produced. For several years 
breeders have resorted to the trap nest in their endeavor to 
breed up a heavy laying strain. The results have been dis- 
couraging; no apparent progress was made. Reports of high 
egg production are no more common today than they were 
several years ago, and yet egg production must be inherited. 
For the last two years the University of Maine has been carry- 
ing on investigations of this kind. The summary of their work 
is given in bulletin No. 205 and the following is based upon 
their investigations: 

It was found that the continued selection of high egg pro- 
ducers for use as breeders did not result in an increase in the 
average production of the flocks. Very rigid restrictions were 
made in the selection of the breeding stock. It was found 
that a high producer was no more liable to transmit high egg 
laying characteristics than a poor producer. That is, the aver- 
age egg production from progeny from high producers was no 
more than that from low. After several years of this investiga- 
tional work, however, some interesting data was collected. 
It was discovered that if hens are kept under proper conditions 
there is very little difference in the average egg production of 
good and poor producers after March 1. The high producer 
is the one which lays eggs during the winter months. 
Fecundity must depend upon two factors, The ovaries contain 
practically the same number of oocytes regardless of the num- 
ber of eggs which the hen lays. For instance: 



Hen. 


Winter Egg 
production. 


Total No. of Eggs 
laid during life. 


No. of 
oocytes. 


1367 

3546 

71 

2067 


3 

54 ■ 
106 
32 


34 
198 
124 
197 


2306 
2452 
2000 
3600 



From these figures it is apparent that the absolute number 
of oocytes in a hen's ovary is much larger than the number of 
eggs which any hen ever lays. There also appears to be more 
relation between the number of oocytes and the numbers of 
eggs laid. 

Further investigation of the records show that hens group 
themselves into three different classes: 1. Those which lay 
no eggs during the winter months (up to March 1). 2. Those 



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that lay about 30 eggs, and 3, those which lay more than 30 
eggs. A egg producer may be due to genetic causes, or it 
may be due to the physical condition of the hen. March 1 
seems to be that period of the year when the natural 
spring laying cycle begins. In this section of the country it 
begins somewhat earlier. However, this seems to be a con- 
venient date from which to reckon. The egg limit should be 
raised, however, to say 35 eggs. 

In making an analysis of this data is seems advisable to 
use the genetic formula similar to that which has been used in 
the previous discussion relative to Mendelian inheritance in 
poultry. We are, however, dealing with three pairs of charac- 
ters. One is anatomical; the bird, in order to lay, must be 
a female. We will let F represent femaleness and f maleness. 
Second is the production factor, which causes the bird to lay 
a few eggs during the winter months. This we designate as 
A. Third, is a second production factor, which in co-existence 
with F and A leads to high winter egg production. The absence 
of these two factors will be designated by a and b. If A is ab- 
sent, the presence of B leads also to the production of 30 eggs. 
B behaves in exactly the same way as the Barred pattern in 
Barred Rocks. The gamete FB, therefore, is never formed. Be- 
fore making an analysis of the data, let us summarize the points 
made: 

1. High productiveness may be inherited by daughters 
from their sires independent of their dam. 

2. High laying ability is not directly inherited by daughters 
from their dam. This is proved by (1) continued selection of 
high producing dams does not alone alter in any way the aver- 
age production of the daughters. (2) The proportion of high 
producing daughters is the same, whether the dam is a high 
or low producer, provided both are mated to the same male. 
(3) Daughters of high producing dams may be either high 
layers or poor layers, depending upon their sires. (4) The 
proportion of daughters which are medium or poor layers is 
the same independent of the dam, provided both are mated 
to the same male. Poor laying may be inherited by daughters 
from either sire or dam, or both. 

Bear in mind that when A and B are both present a high 
producer results. With either A or B absent, the bird will lay 
about 30 eggs during the winter months. With neither present, 
the bird will have no winter egg production. Bear in mind, 



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also, that the factor B behaves in exactly the same manner 
as the barred pattern in Barred Rocks. 
There are nine classes of males. 



Class I. 


Zyg 


ote. 


Gametes. 




1 


fAB 


fAB 


fAB 










2 


fAB 


fAb 


fAB 


fAb 








3 


fAB 


faB 


fAB 


faB 








4 


fAB 


fab 


fAB 


fAb 


faB 


fab 




5 


fAb 


fAb 


fAb 










6 


fAb 


fab 


fab 


fab 








7 


faB 


faB 


faB 










8 


faB 


fab 


faB 


fab 








9 


fab 


fab 


fab 









CONSTITUTION OF BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK FEMALES. 







Gametes 


F bearing 


Probable 






bearing or 


or female 


winter egg 


Class I. 


Zygote 


male producing. 


producing. 


producing. 


1 


Fab faB 


fAB faB 


Fab FAb 


30+ 


2 


fAB FAb 


fAB 


FAb 


30+ 


3 


fAb Fab 


fAb fab 


Fab FAb 


30- 


4 


fAb FAb 


fab 


FAb 


30- 


5 


Fab Fab 


fab 


Fab 





6 


faB Fab 


faB 


Fab 





As an illustration of how this actually works in practice 
let us cross a male of type 1 with females which are high pro- 
ducers, i. e., a bird producing over thirty eggs before the first 
of March. Class 1 male produces the gamette. AB Mating 
class 1 x Class 1 female. 





Female 


Gametes 


Resultant 


Class 


Probable win- 


Male Gametes 


Male 


Female 


Zygote. 


produced. 


ter egg pro- 




bearing. 


bearing. 






duction. 


fAB 


fAB 




fAB fAB 


1 




fAB 


faB 




fAB faB 


3 




fAB 




Fab 


fAB Fab 


1 


over 30 eggs 


fAB 




FAb 


fAB FAb 


2 


over 30 eggs 


Mating class 


1 x class 


2 female 








fAB 


fAB 




fAB fAB 


1 




fAB 




FAb 


fAB FAb 


2 


over 30 eggs 



As a result then, of mating a male from class 1 to a fe- 
male which has a high winter egg production, all the female 
progeny will be heavy winter egg producers. The males will 



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belong to class 1 and class 3, one quarter of them belonging to 
the latter class. 

If a bird from class 2 is mated to a high producing hen, the 
following will result. 





Female 


Gametes. 






Probable win- 


Male Gametes. 


Male 


Female 


Resultant 


Class 


ter egg pro- 




bearing. 


bearing. 


Zygote. 


produced. 


duction 


fAB fAb 












fAB 


fAB 




fAB fAB 


Class 1 




fAB 


faB 




fAB faB 


" 3 




fAB 




Fab 


fAB Fab 


" 1 


30+ 


fAB 




FAb 


fAB FAb 


" 2 


30+ 


fAb 


fAB 




fAb fAB 


" 2 




fAb 


faB 




fab fAB 


" 4 




fAb 




Fab 


fAb Fab 


' 3 


30- 


fAb 




FAb 


fAb FAb 


" 4 


30- 



When a male from class 2 is mated with a high producing 
hen, one half of the progeny will produce over 30 eggs and one 
half will produce less than 30. The males group themselves 
into class 1, class 2, class 3 and class 4, in the following pro- 
portions: 6: 6: 2: 2. 

When a male of class 3 is mated with heavy egg producers, 
the following will result: The gametes produced are fAB and 
faB. The first gamete will behave as above, and will pro- 
duce class 1 and class 2 in males and class 1 and class 2 in fe- 
males. The gamete fab, however, will behave as follows: 



Male Gametes. 


Female 

Male 

bearing. 


Gametes. 
Female 
bearing. 


Resultant 
Zygote. 


Class 
produced. 


Probable win- 
ter egg pro- 
duction. 


faB 
faB 
faB 
faB 


fAB 
faB 


Fab 
FAb 


faB fAB 
faB faB 
faB Fab 
faB FAb 


Class 3 
" 7 
" 6 
" 1 


30- 

30+ 



The result of crossing type 3 male upon high producing 
hens results in 14 high producers and 2 fair producers. Three 
types of males will be formed. Type 1, 3 and 7 in the propor- 
tion of 6: 8: 2. 

When a bird of class 4 is mated with a high producing 
hen the result will be 7 females with over 30 eggs, eight less 
than 30 and one with winter egg production. 



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When a bird of class 5 is mated with a high producing 
hen the result will be all will have an egg production of less 
than 30 eggs. 

When a bird of class 6 is mated with a high producing hen, 
the result will be 14 will have a winter production of less than 
30 eggs and two will have egg production. 

When a bird of class 7 is mated with a high producing 
hen, the result will be 12 hens with an egg production of over 30 
eggs and 4 with less than 30. 

When a bird of class 8 is mated with a high producing hen, 
the result will be 6 high producers, 8 fair producers, and 2 will 
produce no winter eggs. 

When a male of class 9 is mated with a high producing 
hen, the result will be 12 birds with a low winter egg production 
and 4 with none at all. 

The basis for these statements is bulletin No. 205 from the 
University of Maine upon Inheritance of Fecundity in the 
Domestic Fowl, and also of Bulletin No. 231. 

It should be borne in mind that winter egg production is 
an inherited character. It is not transmitted directly from mother 
to daughter, but from mother to son. The practical conclusion 
which we can draw is that sons of high producing females should 
be used in breeding for egg production. Males of this kind 
will produce, as has been seen from the above table, two kinds 
of male offspring; one having the ability to produce female 
offspring that are high producers, and the other only a portion. 
Males should be tested relative to their ability to produce 
high producing females. When a male of this kind is discovered 
he should always be mated to high producing hens. In this 
way the females will always be high producers and the males 
will always have the ability to produce high producing females. 
When this is accomplished a heavy egg laying strain will be 
the result. 

In carrying out the above outline, there should also be 
rigid tests regarding the vitality of the breeding stock. Only 
strong vigorous birds should be used, and it may be advisable 
to use only those birds for breeding purposes which have proven 
their ability to produce strong, vigorous offspring. No chicken 
which has been sick should ever be used in the breeding pens. 
When this is done, all other things being equal, there is no ques- 
tion but that it will result in more productive flocks. 



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LIST OF DOMINANT AND RECESSIVE CHARACTERS 

IN POULTRY.* 

The characters underscored are the old or normal forms, 
and those not so marked the younger or later originated forms 
as indicated by Davenport. 



No. 


Character. 


Dominant. 


Recessive. 


Notes. 


1 


Comb 


Rose 


Single 


As Wyandotte or Hamburgh, over any single 
combed breed. 


2 


Comb 


. Leaf 


Single 


Cf. Houdan-Leghorn. 


3 


Comb 


Rose 


Leaf 




4 


Nostril 


Narrow 


High 


As shown in crosses with Polish, or Houdan, 






low nostril 


nostril. . . 


and fowl like Minorca, or game with 
normally shaped heads. 


5 


Cerebral 


No hernia . . 


Hernia 


All first crosses with Houdan or Polish show 
traces of crest. 


6 




Crested. . . . 


Smooth 
head 


Crosses with Houdan or faverolles show di- 
minished muffs and beards in the progeny, 
which segregate in F2. 


7 


Muff 


Muffing. . . . 


No muff. . . 




8 


Beard 


Bearded .... 


No beard. . 




9 


Ear-lobe. . . . 


Red 


White 


White is a new character, and red is difficult 
to breed out. 


10 




Black iris. . 


Red iris .... 


The red eye is the ancient character of the 


11 


Eye 


Red iris. . . 


Pearl iris . . 


Gallus Bankiva, and though recessive to 


12 


Eye 


Dard brown 


Red iris .... 


black yet is a stubborn recessive, and 
though latent constantly reasserts itself. 
Pearl is frequently dominant over red. 


13 


Beak 


White 




Both ancient colors. Sometimes one is 


14 


Beak 


Black 


Yellow 


dominant and sometimes the other. 


15 


Beak 


Yellow 


Horn 


Black the most dominant character, then 
yellow. 


16 


Skin color. . 


Black 


White 


White and yellow skin are both ancient. 
Cf. Silkie with black skin is dominant, 
Davenport, p. 57. 


17 


Skin color. . 


White 


Yellow 


E. g. Dorking over Indian Game, or Co- 
chin. 


18 


Shanks. . . 


Feathered 


Clean 


Cf. Cochin-Leghorn. Cochin feathering has 


19 


Shanks 


White 


Yellow 


been bred out in the Orpington, but still 


20 


Shanks 


Black 


Yellow 


reappears, and the Dorking white has con- 
quered the Cochin yellow. Black usually 
dominant, as breeders of Wyandottes 
and Leghorns know. But yellow some- 
times dominates and has covered the Min- 
orca cross in Black Leghorns. 


Jl 


Shanks 


Fellow 


Willow 


Both ancient. Willow too often reasserts 

itself. 


>2 


Shanks 


Blue 


Yellow 


-comb Leghorn breeders with Hamburgh 
cross will find this a crux. Also Blue 
Leghorn if contaminated with Andalusian 
blood. 


>3 


Hock 


Plain 


Vulture. . . 


In a with Asiatic (vulture-hoekerl, 
and Mediterranean breeds (plain), the 
plain dominates and disappears much 
more rapidly than shank feathering. 



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No. 


Character. 


Dominant. 


Recessive. 


Notes. 


23a 


Plumage .... 


White 


Black 


All colored plumage is more or less recessive 


24 


Plumage. . . . 


White 


Pigmented. . 


to white, which is a new character, but 
black sometimes dominates and sometimes 
mingles to form "blue." 


25 


Plumage. . . . 


Black 


Red 


But frequently albinism results. Black is 
imperfectly dominant over Red. 


26 


Wing 


Red 


Other 


Red wing-coverts are an ancient heritage 




coverts . . . 




colors. . . . 


from the Jungle fowl, and red constantly 
reasserts itself, e.g., Brown, Leghorns, 
Buff Orpingtons, etc. 


27 


Shaftiness . . 


Shaftiness . . 


No shaft. . . 


A fault in Brown Leghorns, Buff Orpingtons, 
etc., hard to eradicate. 


28 


Hackle 


Solid Black . 


Laced 


E.g., silver Laced Wyandottes crossed with 
Black Rocks lose the laced hackle, and 
many laced birds throw black hackles. 
Black is imperfectly dominant. 


29 


Penciling. . . 


Pencilled 
feathers . . 


Plain 


Said to be "a fundamental form of coloration 
in the genus Gallus." "A concentric 
repetition on the feather of alternating of 
the lacing and ground color," e.g., Part- 
ridge Wyandottes. Said by Davenport 
to be dominant, but is certainly incomplete 
and can be easily dominated by black. 


30 


Tail 


Black 


Other 

colors. . . . 


Black pigment persists in the tail (e.g., 
Cochin and Orpington), much more than 
in any other part of the plumage. It is 
an ancient heritage of the race. 


31 


Tail 


Tailed 


Rumpless. . . 


The Rumpies are modern and eccentric. 




Tail 


Tail 


Normal 


E.g., the Yokahamas are dominant over 






unlimited. 


tail 


normal tails. 


32 


Color of 
egg shell. . 


Brown 


White 


When the Mediterranean breeds (white- 
shelled eggs) are crossed with Asiatic 
(brown), the brown dominates and the 
eggs are tinted, and the tinted egg is one 
sign among others of a cross, C. Leghorn 
and Minorca eggs are aften tinted. 


33 


Broodiness. . 


Sitting 


Non-sitting . 


Incomplete dominance until the "sitting 
blood" preponderates, e.g., a sitting 
Minorca or Leghorn is not reliable in its 
broodiness. 



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THE ROLL OF HONOR. 



MEMBERS OF THE MISSOURI STATE POULTRY ASSOCIATION. 

No state in America or any other country can point with 
pride to such a list of members in their State Poultry Associa- 
tion as you will find below. Indeed, this is a "Roll of Honor." 
No more loyal and enthusiastic association of poultrymen and 
women were ever enrolled by any poultry association. Having 
been born and raised among them, having been associated with 
them and working for them for many years, we have not only 
come to know them well, but we love and respect them. We 
are grateful for their support, and for the inspiration and help 
which they have been to the poultry industry. 

Fraternally, 

T. E. QUISENBERRY. 

Several hundred more members have been received for the State Association since this book 
has been printed. These were received too late to be included in this list, but will be 
printed in the Year Book of 1916. 

If any error occurs either in name, variety or address, we will make proper correction next 
year if notified. 

Every person sending in five new members or five renewals to the State Association will re- 
ceive a handsome Poultry Association pin or button. 

LIST OF MEMBERS. 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

Alhles, Henry H., 5143 Page Ave., St. L bis. 

Arnott,, D. W., Salem, 

Anderson, B. F., Commerce. 

Adair, Dr. H. B., 1007 Norton Ave., Kansas 

City. 
Allison, Mrs. M. A., R. 7, Butler. 
Ayers, J. A., LaPlata. 
Atterbury, John C, Madison. 
Atterbury, Mrs. Laura, Madison. 
Adams, Mrs. J. W., Holden. 
Ardinger, Chas., Dexter. 

Arras, Louis P., 3832 Marine Ave., St. Louis 
Allen, Dr. Ed. R. R. 4, Seymour. 
Anspach, G. W., R.l, Elmer. 
Arnall, Pierre, Wright City. 
Armstrong, Mrs. W. E., Koshkonong. 
Abernathy, Robt., Ste. Genevieve. 
Anderson, Mrs. T. J., Lonejack. 
Alspach, J. E., Cowgill. 
Applegate, Geo. H., Keytesville. 
Avery, Mrs. Alfred, 5529 Labaddie Ave, St. 

Louis. 
Aymond, Alph, St. Charles. 



Ashburn, Miss Nannie, Farmington. 

Arnold, W. N., Morley. 

Austin, Raymond, Willow Springs. 

Ambrose, Chas., Box 125, Poplar Bluff. 

Burroughs, J. V., Marshall. 

Branch, E. C, Lee's Summit. 

Bruns, Jno. F., Concordia. 

Bloetz, A. W., 329 Russell Ave., St. Louis. 

Brown, Mrs., Stont, Windsor. 

Bell, W. R., Greenfield. 

Booth, J. J., Richmond, R. 8. 

Booth, Mrs. Mabel, Richmond, R. 8. 

Brown, Mrs. C. B., Marshall. 

Brown, H. L., Stephens Store. 

Brandt, Eldon, Warrenton. 

Brown, Frank. Richmond. 

Brown, Mrs. Frank, Richmond. 

Brewster, C. E., 5007 Waldron, Kansas City. 

Black, G. F., Clarksville. 

Beatty, Mrs. Ida L., Green City. 

Bowman, B. W., Dexter. 

Bailey, Col. Robt., La Platta. 

Biehl, Louis, Jr., 2608 Osage St., St. Joseph. 

Blain, Dr. Geo. J., Wellsville. 

Bennage, Geo., Marion ville. 



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Beal, L., R. 2, New Cambria. 

Butler, J. L., 4901 E. 24th St., Kansas City. 

Bliss, Mrs. Porte, Strasburg. 

Blythe, Mrs. J. N., Pleasant Green. 

Bidstrup, Mrs. L. B., Clifton City. 

Bayne, Mrs. Dan, Dalton. 

Boettler, Geo., R. 1, St. Peters. 

Bradbury, C. S. 323 McKee, Joplin. 

Black, C. H., 317 S. W. Blvd. Kansas City. 

Bales, Thos. J., R. 2, Bourbon. 

Boten, Thos. J., Lee's Summit. 

Billion-Galleys P. Farm, R. 4, Joplin. 

Bowman, S. A. 1640 White, Kansas City. 

Brown, Chas. H., Frankford. 

Blankenship, Henry, St. Charles. 

Becker, Adolph, Box 174, St. Charles 

Bigham, Mrs. D. F., Easton. 

Bohn, August, Truesdale. 

Bailey, Mrs. John, Shannondale. 

Bulch, Jno., Brunswick. 

Belchamber, Miss Leona, Glenn Allen. 

Babcock, Geo. W., Poplar Bluff. 

Baker, Lem, Poplar Bluff. 

Bond, Tom, Poplar Bluff. 

Bossert, J. P., Koshkonong. 

Brown, W. L., R. 4, Maysville. 

Boggiano, Joseph J., St. Charles. 

Brunner, J. J., Brunswick. 

Binford, Mrs. Lizzie, Keytesville. 

Beattie, Mrs. W. H., Rosendale. 

Brown, Mrs. Jno. F., Richmond. 

Blackwair, Phil P., 316 S. 3rd St., St. Louis. 

Blake, Louis, R. 12, Kirkwood. 

Bone, L. D., Mineral Point. 

Brendel, H., 6219 Plymouth, St. Louis. 

Blankenship, Frank, Lamar. 

Boucher, A. S., Dexter. 

Brooks and Wilson, Quitman. 

Bruns, F. W., Corder. 

Barnett, Victor, Koshkonong. 

Buckner, H. T., R. 3, Norborne. 

Botts, Walter E., 223 W. Moore, Indepen- 
dence. 

Black, W. E., R. 3, Dexter. 

Berrie, Mrs. H. W., Columbia. 

Bade, Mrs. S. J., 3509a Wyoming, St. Louis 

Bundy, J. A., Carterville. 

Brown, Adde, Roseland. 

Brandes, Chas., 3722 Nat. Bridge Rd., St. 
Louis. 

Baker, J. W., Callao. 

Barclay, J. T., Centralia. 

Baker, Frank H., R. 1, Clyde. 

Brisbarth, P. B., De Soto. 

Bruggeman, A., 1532 S. Broadway, St. Louis. 

Belknap, Chas. B., 4747 Cote Brilliante, St. 
Louis. 

Benoy, Geo., Cedar Vale, Kan. 

Black, Mrs. W. J., 9831 Eugenia St. So. St. 
Louis. 

Brotherton, R. F., Chula. 

Burger, F., 1328 Tracy Ave., Kansas City. 

Bowels, A. S., Wellsville. 

Brown, O. E., Trenton. 

Buist, David, Orrick. 

Brackenbury, A. J., Independence. 

Brown, C. F., R. 5, Rosedale, Kan. 



Berry, C. M., 2169 Grove, St. Louis. 
Bradley, Dr. M. E., Windsor. 
Baker, G. H., Fruitland. 
Beyer, J. G., R. 4, Webster Groves. 
Bergherm, John F., Pine Lawn. 
Cochrane, W. L., 3146 Sutton Ave., Maple- 
wood. 
Cunningham, J. B., Bernie. 
Crickette, C. C, Queen City. 
Curnutt, Mrs. Alice, Montserrat. 
Clikenbreard, O. B., Bethany. 
Campbell, Fred B., Lee's Summit. 
Collins, Mrs. Daisy, Selmore. 
Conrad, Carl L., Greenwood. 
Clark, Willis L., Carthage. 
Casebolt, Mrs. Robt., R. 4, Carrollton. 
Cameron, Len J., R. 2, Odessa. 
Culbertson, Mrs. E. W., Bloomfield. 
Crawford, J. G., Molino. 
Campbell, J. L., Carterville. 
Conrad, F. D., Billings. 
Cully, W. B., Bunceton. 
Crawford, Miss Emma, Columbia. 
Clark, S. M., 1522 Wellston PI., St. Louis. 
Crosby, T. J., 4748 Leduc Ave., St. Louis. 
Carroll, Mrs. J. H., Butler. 
Clevenger, H. L., Hamilton. 
Connor, L. R., R. 1, Lexington. 
Child, A. M., Keytesville. 
Clayton, Mrs. P. J., Henderson, Ky. 
Clay well, J. E., Delassus. 
Cooper, Julius R., Glensted. 
Cable, Mrs. G. W., Cleveland. 
Craft, E. K., Windsor. 
Cox, A. B., Columbia. 
Crow, W. E., De Soto. 
Cox, Miss Sallie, New London. 
Conner, John, Kirksville. 
Crum, J. F., Bader, 111. 
C )ok, Mrs. Sam'l., Bridgeton. 
Cvrtright, J. K., Paris. 
Ca.'ter, Salathiel, Gallatin. 
Chi pman, J. E., Gallatin. 
Cle\enger, J. M., Polo. 
Coo . W. B., Queen City. 
Curt.dght, R. A., Paris. 
Creamer, F. M., Louisiana. 
Caldwell, Earl J., Lockwood. 
Cobb, Miss Zada G., R. 10, Springfield. 

Davis, Mrs. Frank, Odessa. 

Duerr, Mrs, Jos., Perry ville. 

David, J. H., Harrisonville. 

Danielson, Wm., Greencastle. 

Dahler, Wm. J., R. 2, California. 

Davis, Mrs. Wm. E., Bridgeton. 

Dwyer, J. A., R. 4, Webster. 

Dieckmann, Otto, 4543 Ashland, St. Louis. 

Dick, Mrs. J. M., Glen Allen. 

Dennison, F. R., R. 1, Ethel. 

Deal, Mrs. M. M., Holden, 

Duber, Ed., Tipton. 

Dass, W. D., Joplin. 

Drebing, Harry, Mexico. 

Donovan, Mrs. W. T., 2204 Kiclen A\e., 

Wellston. 
Duncan, H. C, Jr., Turner. 



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Davis, Webster, Greenfield. 

Denton, J. A., Independence. 

Daniel, A. J., 1440 Wright St., St. Louis. 

Drury, Edgar J., Bloomsdale. 

Devorge, A., Desloge. 

Daniels, W. A., Osceola. 

Dowell, W. S., New Cambria. 

Darr, Mrs. P. P., Alligator, Miss. 

Davies, Harry, R. 2, Rolla. 

Dale, J. N., Nevada. 

Dosch, C. L., Maysville. 

Dilliner, G. W., R. 4, Unionville. 

Dump, B. A., Mora. 

Drake, G. H., Cole Camp. 

Donnell, Geo. W., Cole Camp. 

Dewey, R. E., De Soto. 

Dysart, Mrs. W. P., Columbia. 

Deardorff, J. W., 3601 E. 60th St., Kansas 

City. 
Douglass, Mrs. H. M., Clarkton. 
Dauster, Frank J., Creve Coeur. 
Drakeford, J. S., 6634 Clayton, St. Louis. 
Drogge, Aug. F., 4137 Camelia, St. Louis. 
Duncan, H. C, Turney. 
Devore, H. I., Springfield. 
Elley, Mrs. L. H., R. 2, Columbia. 
Evers, Chas. Hy., 2709 Keokuk, St. Louis. 
Edwards, Walter, West Plains. 
Eddins, Lon, Dalton. 
Evans, Mrs. T. M., Vandalia. 
Elsey, Homer, Mineral Point. 
Edde, Mrs. J. C. and Sons, Preston. 
Edde, Dona I., Preston. 
Eble, Mrs. Michael, Clayton. 
Eckerle, F. N., R. 4, Webster Groves. 
Everett, W. D., Centerville. 
Elting, Mrs. W. E., Carthage. 
Engelebrecht, E., Bay. 
Eggebrecht, Mrs. R. E., 34 Marshall PI. 

Webster Groves. 
Estes, Mrs. J. M., Columbia. 
Emary, A. H., R. 1, St. James. 
Edwards, Ed. N., Louisiana. 
Everhard, Mrs. R. T., R. 2, Wentworth. 
Elsey, John, Mineral Point. 
Ernst, Harry E., 2724 Jackson St., St. Joseph. 
Etherington, R. B., O'Fallon, 111. 
Estes, Mrs. Wm., R. 4, Polo. 
Entriken, S. L., R. 1, Turney. 
Frerking, H. H., Concordia. 
Fairbanks, J. O., Springfield. 
Faherty, L. P., Perry ville. 
Flaougher, Jas. B., Sullivan. 
Finley, Roy, Tipton. 
Fuchs, Louis, Box 44 Jefferson Barracks. 
Frey, Edw., 7009 S. Grand Ave., St. Louis. 
Funk, Mrs. W. L., Raymore. 
Foggin, J. E., Brunswick. 
Flanders, Mrs. D. G., R. 3, Rolla. 
Farrell, J. J., 5226 Terry Ave., St. Louis. 
File, Mrs. Ella, R. 4, Richmond. 
Fleming, Mrs. R. T., R. 6, s« dalia. 
Fleming, Miss Kate, R. 5, Sedalia. 
Ferguson, Mrs. R. P., Burlington Junction. 
Finch, J. F., Birch Tree. 
Furtney, Mrs. W. C, Columbia. 
Fuller, T. J., Box 229, De Soto. 



Fahrner, F. A., Union. 

Fallert, Felix, Zell. 

Felling, A. J., 1902 Bellview, St. Joseph. 

Finch, Elmer L., Doniphan. 

Fry, W. W., Mexico. 

Farbis, Mrs. L. P., Albany. 

Fischer, Wm. C, R. 11, Jefferson Barracks. 

Fuchs, Geo., R. 9, Box 44, Jefferson Barracks. 

Fries, C. J., 2477 Plover Ave., St. Louis. 

Feuver, F. T., R. 1, Festus. 

Fischer, Mrs. Robt., Foley. 

Frost. Mrs. C. L., Odessa. 

Gragg, L. C, Passaic. 

Glore, J. R., Centralia 

Graves, Judge W. W., Jefferson City. 

Gordon, Mrs. Marshall, Columbia. 

Grojean, E. W., Dexter. 

Gow, Norman, R. 2, Holt. 

Gomel, Chas., Craig. 

Graham, Will, Fredericktown. 

Gobble, W. S., Mansfield. 

Graham, C. S., 2913 E. 27th St., Kansas City. 

Gross, Mrs. Martin, Maryville. 

Garman, Mrs. H. C, R. 1, Sedalia. 

Goshert, H. D., R. 2, Clayton. 

Gilbert, Mrs. Hester, R. 3, Tipton. 

Green, R. W., Mexico. 

Grissom, C. H., Dexter. 

Glover, Mrs. Chas., Odessa 

Gerard, Mrs. P. A., R. 6, Nevada. 

Gautier, J. S., Odessa. 

Gallatin, Mrs. Geo., Triplett. 

Gordon, A. G., 1210 E. 14th, Kansas City. 

Gambol, J. W., 512 Virginia, St. Joseph. 

Gardner, G. H., 2721 Brooklyn, Kansas City. 

Griffith, Emlyn, New Cambria. 

Gregg, Geo. W., 772 Big Bend Rd., Webster 

Groves. 
Goodson, Jno. V., New Cambria. 
Gilbreath, Mrs. Mollie, Piedmont. 
Goodson, G. W., Oak Ridge. 
Glass, A. E., Harrison ville. 
Griffith, Mrs. W. F., R. 2, Hannibal. 
Goebe, Rev. J. W., R. 8, Jefferson Barracks. 
Gaw. Jacob. Jefferson Barracks. 
Hartzler, S. A., R. 41, La Tour. 
Hulett, H. B., Webb City. 
Hostettler, Mrs. Clyde, Frankford. 
Hollenbeck, R. A., Butler. 
Holcomb, R., Monteer. 
Helber, Jacob, Farmington. 
Harrison, Dr. A. S., Kennett. 
Hansmann, Alfred, 3238 N. 20th, St. Louis. 
Henning, Fritz, Concordia. 
Hall, Ray, Louisiana. 
Harrow, A. C, Eldorado Springs. 
Hanly, J. H., Monticello. 
Halsey, Palmer W., R. 9, Springfield. 
Huck, Ben B., Ste Genevieve. 
Harlan, J. H., College Mound. 
Halloway, W. H., Butler. 
Hastain, Geo. W., R. 8, Clinton. 
Herring, E. M., West Plains. 
Herzog, Henry, Ste. Genevieve. 
Halasey, Mrs. John, R. 2, Maryville. 
Ilincs, Mrs. Chas., Richmond. 
Hilt, Mrs. Lula G., R. 4, Fayette. 



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House, A. L., Green City. 

Hill, Mrs. W. K., R. 2, Warrenton. 

Hallbruegge, A. C, R. 4, St. Charles. 

Heintz, Phil, Jr., Box 194, Jefferson Barracks. 

Hess, J. L., R. 3, Clarksburg. 

Hartell, A. C, Plattsburg. 

Hurt, Mrs. Thos., Boonville. 

Heiman, Mrs. Charley, Salisbury. 

Highley, Morris, R. 4, Farmington. 

Heisel, Mrs. Maybelle, Brunswick. 

Henson, N. J., Poplar Bluff. 

Herrick, Bert, R. 8, Mountain Grove. 

Hale, Miss Mary E., Carrollton. 

Hart, Geo. W., Dexter. 

Hemley, Dr. J. L., Trenton. 

Howard, Mrs. J. L., Elsberry. 

Henry, Fount, Whiteside. 

Henry, J. M., Whiteside. 

Holley, J. S., Paris. 

Hart, C. E., St. James. 

Highley, Mrs. Jeff. D., Farmington. 

Hansen, Jes, 2219 Wren Ave., St. Louis. 

Hull, J. W., Grant City. 

Houghton, Mrs. Mary, New Cambria. 

Hagan, Mrs. J. W., Richmond. 

Harness, A. L., 2434 Denver Ave., Kansas 

City. 
Huck, Felix, Zell. 
Hook, Mrs. H. T., Columbia. 
Hodge, Mrs. J. E., Imperial, Cal. 
Henderson, J. A., Bridgeton. 
Huning, W., 2923 Abner PI., St. Louis. 
Heffley, Mrs. Max, Easton. 
Hammond, J. L., Memphis. 
Hanks, Mrs. Louetta, Lee's Summit. 
Hunt, Mrs. Emma E., Lone Jack. 
Hermann, Mrs. Geo., R. 2, Butler. 
Herman, Mrs. Aug., R. 1, Butler. 
Hutcherson, L. F., Nelsonville. 
Hockaday, Mrs. Wm., Rich Hill. 
Houghland, E. O., Memphis. 
Hall, H. W., La Crosse. 
Hamilton, Mrs. E. H., Salisbury. 
Hieman, Mrs. F. A., Forest Green. 
Hanna, Mrs. Geo., Brunswick. 
Hieman, Mrs. J. B., Keytesville. 
Haseltine, Mrs. S. I., R. 4, Springfield. 
Hughes, Mrs. Lucy, R. 3, New Cambria. 
Holloway, Mrs, J. Q., 1325 Midland Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Hughes, Patrick J., 73 and Prospect, Kansas 

City. 
Hogane, E. L., 2239 Oriole Ave., St. Louis. 
Heilman, Lee R., Galena. 
Hedgpeth, Mrs. D. F., Ozark. 
Heinrichsmeyer, A., 6749 Idaho, St. Louis. 
Holman, John T., Callao. 
Hoffman, E. D., New Cambria. 
Hudson, F. R., Box 236 Windsor. 
House, E. B., 1430 Main, Kansas City. 
Hills, Orville A., Box 325, St. Joseph. 
Hume, W. A., R. 3, Columbia. 
Herman, Dr. H. S., R. 6, St. Joseph. 
Henderson, W. W., Bridgeton. 
Hoskins, P. M., R. 2, Henley. 
Hermance, Mrs. E. A., R. 1, Eldorado Spgs. 
Hausen, Miss Lilian, R. 27, Creve Coeur. 



Honey, Louis, 7200 Sarah, Maplewood. 

Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Alex., Petersburg, 
111. 

Houx, Mrs. Geo., Bosworth. 

Irvine, Mrs. Geo. W., Bowling Green. 

Ismay, A. L., R. 1, Fulton. 

Isam, Mrs. G. J., R. 1, Braymer. 

Jones, J. K., Centralia. 

Jackson, Mrs. Jno. M., Plattsburg. 

Jaronitzky, Otto, De Soto. 

.lahns, Otto A., 4818 Cote Brilliante, St. 
Louis. 

Jarman, C. W., Columbus. 

Jakerst, Ray, Ste. Genevieve. 

Johnston, H. R., Ethel. 

Jones, Mrs, Dick, Chillicothe, 

Jackson, Harry L., 4803 E. 17th, Kansas 
City. 

Johnston, H. T., Wakeeny, Kan. 

Jones, Summerfield, Billings. 

Johnson, Thos. S., Lee's Summit. 

Jewett, E. V., R. 3, Butler. 

Johnson, D. L., Dalton. 

Jones, W. H., Kirks ville 

Johnson, L. J., Flat River. 

Joney, Byron, Gait. 

Jones, Mrs. W. T., New Cambria. 

Jones, R. J., R. 3, New Cambria. 

Jones, Miss Ida, R. 4, New Cambria. 

Jaudon, Dr. B. Y., Palmyra. 

Jackson, Chas. G. 3839 Mcree Ave., St. Louis 

Jackson, G. H., Windsor. 

Kinkead, Robt. B., Clintonville, Ohio. 

Kelly, Mrs. I. B., McCune Sta. 

King, Aug. R. 2, Clyde. 

Keltner, W. L., Dexter. 

Kunkle, Geo. H., Mexico. 

King, Joseph, Ste. Genevieve. 

Kerr, Dr. Earnest E. N. Liberty St., Inde- 
pendence. 

Kincaid, Thos., Brunswick. 

Karstein, B. F., Ozark. 

Kirk, L. C, Gazette 

Koonce, Mrs. Grace. Mountain View. 

Kelso, Mrs. A. W., Grant City. 

Kirk, F., 524 Mason Ave., Webster Groves. 

King, Rev. W. L., Van Burcn. 

Kincaid, Mrs. Wm. J., Braymer. 

Kleinschmidt, Chas. H., De Soto. 

King, Geo. W., 4364 Evans Ave., St. Louis. 

Kalde, W. H., 4335 Itaska St., St. Louis. 

Kohler, Prof. Otto., Hollister. 

Kearney, Wm,.R. 1, Clayton. 

Love, Miss Anna. 5824 Von Versen Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Lentz, D. W., 2400 Duncan St., St. Joseph. 

Long, Miss G. E., R. 1, Potosi 

Lansdell, A. C, Kennett. 

Louther, S. C, El Dorado Sps. 

Lea, J. A., Farber. 

Lampson, J. R., Mexico. 

Long, Claude, Greenwood. 

Lurman, Dr. W. G., 1807 S. Main, Joplin. 

Lowman, O. W., R. 3, Gerald. 

Luscher, Mrs. Sterling, Salisbury. 

Lefler, Mrs. E. B., Bryant. 

Lohman, Frank, Wright City. 



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Lindsey, Mrs. Addie, Preston. 

Lind, Gustav A., 1357 Webster Ave., Kansas 

City, Kan. 
Lang, A. J., Birch Tree. 
Lloyd, Wm., R. 14, Valley Rark. 
Laidley, Mrs. T. H., Summersville. 
Lenord, R. T., Parkville. 
Levell, Mrs. J O., R. 3, New Cambria. 
Lankford, J. P., Chaffee. 
Leftwich, Mrs. J. B., Box 44, Easton. 
Leonard, E. M., Pine Lawn. 
Lutes, Jessie B., Lutesville. 
Lamasters, J. J., Union ville. 
Lee, Mrs. Mary E., 2629 Huskamp Ave. 

Jennings. 
Lewis, P. P., Crescent. 
Lawler, H., R. 29, Wellston. 

Mozley, Mrs. N. A., Bloomfleld. 

Merrit, Horace, Frisco Bldg. Joplin. 

Moore, Ralph, Kennett. 

Miller, A. G., Box 171, Flat River. 

Mahan, Mrs. Howard, Knobnoster. 

Mitzel, Mrs. J. H., Pleasant Green. 

Martin, John, Dexter, 

Meyer, Aug., 1918 Clara Ave., St. Louis. 

Matkin, W. E., Farmington. 

Mobley, Mrs. Daisy, Barnett. 

Mustain, Mrs. S. P., Preston. 

Miller, Claud W., Dexter. 

Morelock, W. H. E., Greencastle. 

Markwich, A. C, Lamar. 

Merk, Gustave, 6950 Lilburn Ave., St. Louis 

Moore, R. H., Marshfield. 

Meierer, Gus., R. 1, Lexington. 

Meyer, Jul F., St. Charles. 

Murdock, Mrs. W. V., R. 4, Milan. 

Moorman, Mrs. R. E., R. 2, Carthage. 

Meesey, Clarence S., 2751a Park Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Manley, H. W., Farmington. 
Messmer, Mrs, Chas., 2734 S. 10th., St. Louis 
Meyer, E. M., R. 2, Clayton. 
Miller, W., 3102 Washington Ave., St. Louis. 
Millay, Mrs. W. F., R. l. Mountain View. 
Morey, D. C, R. 2, Nevada. 
Mueller, L. H., Wellsville. 
Moses, E. F., Moberly. 
Mueller, J. H., Bunceton. 
Miltenberger, F. E., Bridgeton. 
Miller, A. C, Lees' Summit. 
Miller, Harley, Highlandville. 
Morath, Wm. 4714 Vernon Ave., St. Louis. 
Morse. D. L., Neosho. 
Maupin, D. W., Phenix. 
Means, T. J. Jr., Dearborn. 
MrMurry, Miss Alta M., Dadevflle. 
M<: \rdle, Edw. J., Webster Groves. 
MeDaniel, J. F., California. 
M' Cormick, John E., Farmington. 
McDanial, P. Z., Esther. 
Mr Curry, Fred, Chillicothe. 
McKinney, W. E., Greenwoo'l. 
McP;i' John, Greenfield. 

McOomai, Mary D., B, :; Gentry. 
McCoOnm, B. is. New Cambria. 



McDonald, Mrs, Ethel, 3928 E. 13th, St., 

Kansas City. 
McClinton, Mrs. G. S., 1340 Ferguson Ave. 

St. Louis. 
Niehaus, J. P., 1413 Benton St., St. Louis. 
Newman, Fanny, R. 1, Lexington. 
Noling, Morris E., 9809 S. Broadway, St. 

Louis. 
Northrup, H. J., Wright City. 
Nelson, Mrs. T. A., Bunceton. 
Nowell, Miss Frances, Columbia. 
Neal, Mrs, W. A., R. 1, Dexter. 
Nixon, J. F., 2250 Gilmore, St. Louis. 
Nolan, Alpha, 5721 St. John, Kansas City. 
Nortoni, Leigh, R. 3, New Cambria. 
Newlin, H. W., Chillicothe. 
Nollan, Miss Meta, R. 6, Webster Groves. 
Nay, Dr. A., 730 Yeatman Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Newbold, Robt. T., 1344 Sherman, Spring- 
field. 
O'Hara, W. E., Chula. 
Olson, F. W. f Windsor, 
Odell, Dr. B., Billings. 
O 'Riley, Henry, Quitman. 
Ogilvie, John H., Charleston. 
Owen, Walter W., Billings. 
Osborn, W. L., 2110 Dewey Ave., St. Joseph. 
Owens, J. C, Lee's Summit. 
O'Hallaron, Katherine, 6446 Virginia, St. 

Louis. 
Oliver, A. W., Jennings Rd. and Emma Ave. 

St. Louis. 
Owen, E. P., 420 Greeley Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Oliver, Mrs. A. W., 8001 Florissant, St. Louis. 
Propst, Jno. M., Neosho. 
Pallock, Frank, Louisiana. 
Peterson, C. A., Carrollton. 
Peay, Mrs. Geo. W., R. 1, Louisiana. 
Pickett, H. H., Merchants Laclede Bldg. St. 

Louis. 
Petri, A. C, Denny Rd., Kirkwood. 
Pretty man, Mrs. Wm., Louisiana. 
Plant, Sam, Clayton. 
Pirtle, Mrs. I. J., Fredericktown. 
Philips, A. P., Fayette. 
Porter, Mrs. Ed. C, R. 6, Carrollton. 
Porter, C. E., Carrollton. 
Peel, Mrs. Etta, De Kalb. 
Peterson, Hy. C, Ste. Genevieve. 
Petitt, John, Metz. 
Poppenbarger, J. W., Butler. 
Pettey, J. A., Cowgill. 
Perrin, J. W., Osceola. 
Parry, Wm., R. 4, New Cambria. 
Powell, Mrs. Annie, New Cambria. 
Pahlow, John, Lamar. 
Patterson, C. T., Mountain Grove. 
Poage, Oper, R. 3, Cower. 
Post, Miss Laura A., Patton ville. 

hell, W. •!., 49.'}'; Wise Ave., St. Louis. 
Penticuff, Mrs. B. R., Knobnoster. 
Payne, E. L., R. l, Christopher, 111. 
Poertner, C. F., 2813 Park Ave., St. Louis, 
Puderer, Frank W., Belleville, 111. 



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Powell, M. D., Edwardsville, 111. 
Peterson, O. H., R. 28, Overland. 
Popham, Mrs. W. B., Chilicothe. 
Parrott, Mrs. J. R., Knobnoster. 
Pratt, Root., Wright City. 
Parshall, A. C, Quitman. 
Paul, L. M., Brunswick. 
Perkins, Dr. O. L., Union Star. 
Rosenberg, John G., 1116 Dillon St., St. 

Louis. 
Rittenhouse, G. E., R. 4, Neosho. 
Rubottom, H. A., Bismarck. 
Robinson, Chauncey & Clarence, Kirksville. 
Raney, Rev. Earnest T., Harrison ville. 
Robinson, C. A., Kirksville. 
Rhinearson, A. V., Ste Genevieve. 
Roe, Mrs. R. S., Bunceton. 
Reddick, J. G., Perry ville. 
Rutliff, Mrs. Eva, Salisbury. 
Rhodes, W. T., Seymour. 
Rose, Luther, Holden. 
Retteck, C. J., R. 3, Trenton. 
Roarck, Mrs. L. Y., Eldon. 
Rice, P. H., Ethel. 
Roepe, W. G., Concordia. 
Roberts, Mrs. W. B., Carterville. 
Rousin, John, Pendleton. 
Roehl, H. 901 Green St., St. Joseph. 
Rottler, V., Ste. Genevieve. 
Robertson, Robert J., Marshfleld. 
Robinson, W. N., La Plata. 
Roof, Lucy, Cleveland. 
Rankin, S. J., R. 6, Mt. Grove. 
Rothe, C. F., Farmington. 
Rennicks, A. W., 2049 E. 7th St. Sedalia. 
Roberts, Dr. W. B., Carterville. 
Riley, F. M., Plattsburg. 
Rockhold, Mrs. L. L., R. 5, Adrian. 
Roberts, J. T., Union Star. 
Roberts, Jno. C, Clayton. 
Roth, Robt. C, 749 Regina Ave., St. Louis. 
Rogers, John T., Colon, Neb. 
Scott, E., Ridgeway. 
Smith, Curley, Kennett. 
Sturdy, Wm„ Kirkwood. 
Stambaugh, Mrs. J. M., Frankford. 
Shields, A. R., Slater. 
Smithson, J. L., Dexter. 
Stanforth, Miss Grace, R. 1, Cora. 
Scott, O. S., Galena. 
Spieler, Mrs. Otto J., Monterr. 
Sauerbier, Alfred, Lee's Summit. 
Senter, Bert, Bolivar. 
Shier, H. C, Sr., Columbus. 
Stone, G. F., Seymour. 

Speady, Mrs. Miles H., 720 E. 5th, Sedalia. 
Schooling, Mrs. S. A., Higginsville. 
Schanuel, O. W.. Kirkwood. 
Sitton, Mrs. J. T., R. 3, Elsberry. 
Shedinski, John M., 6625 Bartmer Ave. St. 

Louis. 
Stegem, J. H., Wright City. 
Smith, Will, Peculiar. 
Smith, Sam. Galena. 
Sullivan, Mrs. E. M., Bourbon. 
Scowden, Sam'l., Maryville. 
Smith, Miss Mary, Chillicothe. 



Struckey, C. L., Pierce City. 

Sass, L. T.,Rolla. 

Spencer, Mrs. Nathan, Laddonia 

Schwent, Joseph A., Ste. Genevieve. 

Sutton, E. E., 6402 Myrtle Ave., St. Louis. 

Strange, W. C, R. 1, Smithville. 

Swank, W. E., R. 4, St. Joseph. 

Stutterfleld, Sam'l., Bismarck. 

Spieler, Theo. C, 7238 Coles Ave, Chicago, 

111. 
Schoal, Miss Lilian, Lexington. 
Steely, Adrian, De Soto. 
Stiggers, Mrs. Amos, Gallatin, 
Smith, Mrs. Chas., Carrollton. 
Stocking, Mrs. C. A., Fletcher. 
Shier, Mrs. H. C, Columbus. 
Sexauer, Edw. L., Ste. Genevieve. 
Slayton, Mrs. G. W., R. 4, Lathrop. 
Stone, S. F., Mountain Grove. 
Stout, Cleve, Gregory Landing. 
Stillwell, A. E., Braymer. 
Sharp, Frank A., Kidder. 
Swillum, Joseph, California. 
Severens, Chas. H., 6132 Plymouth Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Smith, C. D., Dexter. 
Slinkard, R. E., Dexter. 
Swantz, Otto, Monett. 
Stansell, Mrs. S. C, 7201 Old Manchester Rd. 

St. Louis. 
Scott, Mrs. O. P., R. 20, Chilhowee. 
Strode, Mrs. Jodie E., Bates City. 
Scott, Wm. M., 8232 Lucille Ave. St. Louis. 
Sebaugh, H. J., Farmington. 
Stevens, Mrs. Emma L., Durham. 
Smith, Thos. R., R. 6, Independence. 
Stacy, Miss Maud, Liberal. 
Simpson, Jno. W., Brunswick. 
Simmons, T. C, 655 Oakwood, Webster 

Groves. 
Schockley, Mrs. T. R., Albany. 
Schuette, A. H., 4219 Harris Ave., St. Louis. 
Smith, Lena M., R. 4, Dexter. 
Schafer, John S., Ste. Genevieve. 
Smith, Jas. C, R. 26, Kingsville. 
Smith, Mrs. Gene I., Weston. 
Sever, O. L., 2445 Alcott Ave, St. Louis. 
Schalk, S., Webb City. 
Shoemaker, Mrs. E. L., Plattsburg. 
Stevens, Mrs. Floy J., 1202 W. Broadway, 

Sedalia. 
Sexauer, Miss Lizzie, Ste. Genevieve. 
Smith, Cecil, R. 2, Maryville. 
Shouse, Mrs. A. P., Weston. 
Simpson, A. J., Brunswick. 
Sleyster, Julius, Keytesville. 
Schaumloeffel, Mrs. J. C, Gentry 
Statler, G. D., Oak Ridge. 
Spross, Aug. H., Jr., 2832 Shenandoah, St. 

Louis. 
Smith, Mrs. J. B., Box 156, Platte City. 
Scott, Mrs. E. M., Lathrop. 
Smith, John H., El Dorado, Springs. 
Slater, C. H., 130 W. Swan Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Strong, J. S., R. 1, Marceline. 
Scruggs, Dr. J. B., Lebanon, 111. 



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Sale, Mrs. W., 4250 N. 21st St., St. Louis. 

Smith, M. F., R. 4, Aurora. 

Spreckelmeyer, H. A., 3634 California Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Scotten, F. E., Bolivar. 
Tromly, Tlieo., Galena. 
Thompson, G. G., Frankford. 
Thompson, M. C. .Maryville. 
Trendley, Miss Mary, Carrollton. 
Teany, Mrs. J. M., Lathrop. 
Thompson, Mrs. J. B., West Plains. 
Temples, Lewis, Dexter. 
Trefny, Mrs. E. K., Box 211, Jefferson 

Barracks. 
Twelker, J. H., 4960 Magnolia Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Tanner. Glenn, Novinger. 
Tipton, Miss Mary, Barnett. 
Traynor, J. J., 1415 Shawmut St., St. Louis. 
Tennent, R. H., Holden. 
Thornton, J. C, Louisiana. 
Taylor, Dr. W. L., Greencastle. 
Tritz, J. L., Brandsville. 

Thomasson, Miss Oral, Box 441, Frederick- 
town. 
Taylor, J. B., Webb City. 
Tidwell, A. T., 502 Garden Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Taylor, James, Pendleton. 
Thompson, L. M., Box 227, Windsor. 
Thompson, M. D., Palmyra. 
Twillmann, John, R. 1, Bunceton. 
Taylor, J. W., Keytesville. 
Thomas, Waverly, Lee's Summit. 
Tuschoff, R. F., Oak Ridge. 
Trower, M. R., Advance. 
Thies, E. J., 306 Live Stock Exchange Bldg. 

Kansas City. 
Thornburg, Roy., R. 1, Moberly. 
Torrance, Mrs. W. B., 29 Maple Ave., 

Webster Groves. 
Umbarger, Mrs. W. W., Napton. 
Vessels, H. B., R. 5, Perry ville. 
Voeffe, J. F., Verona. 
Vedder, Wm., Cape Girardeau. 
Vossler, E. M., 8471 Emma St., St. Louis. 
Vaughn, Mrs, C. A., Koshkonong. 
Vaughn, T. J., R. 4, Dexter. 
Voss, Henry V., Jennings. 
\ crnold, Mrs. Fred, Dalton. 
Vallrath, F. 2622 Lafayette Ave., St. Louis. 
Von Gremp, H. J., Dixon. 
Via, W., R. 1, Kennett. 
Veercamp, Prof. W. E.. Neosho. 
Weber, A., Evansville. 
Worland, Mrs. Annie E., Hagers Grove. 
Wickham, C. L., Kennett. 
Wild, R. S.,Cowgill. 
Warren, Mrs. G. H., R. 4, Carrollton. 
Wagner, L. M., Cascade. 
Willis, Mrs. W. L., Norborne. 
Wamsley, Mrs. E. M., R. 1, Clarksville. 
Woodward, S. S., Leonard. 
Wade, Mrs. Jno. S., R. 7. Columbia. 
WUkerson, W. T., R. 1. Madison. 
Whitney. A. T., Trenton. 
Williams. W. H., Poplar Bluff. 
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Wilhoit, Jewell, Holt. 

Wires, A. L., Jr., Brunswick. 

Wilburn, Y. A., Poplar Bluff. 

Weatherman, Mrs. Rosa, R. 1, Springfield. 

Weilms, H. J., Clayton. 

Williams, N. W., Wright City. 

Webb, Mrs. J. R., Norborne. 

Winter, Wherry, 4940 Washington, St. Louis. 

Willeford, Mrs. E. L., Richmond. 

Wright, Elmer, Ethel. 

Walters, Mrs. Luliona, R. 4, Dexter. 

Walker, Mrs. Anna, Preston. 

Wondell, A. W., R. 2, Clayton. 

WarreH, R. D., Mexico. 

Waddell, R. S., Louisiana. 

Woodall, G. E., Popular Bluff. 

Waller, C. C, Vermont. 

Waller, Mrs. W. P., R. 2, Bunceton. 

Wilder, Wm. Russell, Ste. Genevieve. 

Woolcut, G. W., 2711 Mitchell Ave., St. 
Joseph. 

West, Mrs. W. E., Lockwood. 

Whitlock, C. F., 1910 Empire St., Joplin. 

Wilson, Mrs. J. W., Greenville. 

Ward, Jimmie, Birch Tree. 

Webb, E. A., Benton, 111. 

W^ares, Mrs. Gus., La Plata. 

Wyatt, Mrs. Henry, Carrolton. 

Wetmore, Mrs. H. B., Paris. 

Whitcraft, P. F., Kirkwood. 

Wenom, G. A., Kimmswick. 

Walmsley, J. W., Clarksville. 

Warner, Mrs. P. W., Salem, 111. 

Winklmeier, John M., Grant City. 

Wiese, Fred F., 4137 Penrose St., St. Louis. 

Widdicombe, Josiah, 3008 Barthold, Maple- 
wood. 

Wolf, Fred F., 1414 E. Prairie, Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Willis, M., Box 136 Elvins 

Wright, Mrs. Doanna, R. 5, Newton, Iowa. 

Williams, Mrs. W. E., Keytesville. 

Wilkes, A. S., Keytesville. 

Wade, Mrs. W. H., R. 4, Springfield. 

Williams, Mrs. Mary., 3001 Locust St., St. 
Joseph. 

Weaver, L. F., R. 1, Dexter. 

Webber, J. S., 2000 Broadway, Kansas City. 

Westover, Mrs. J. J., Box 117, Farmington. 

Williams, Miss Annie, New Cambria. 

Warren Bros., Mead ville. 

Wheeler, J. R., R. 2, Halls. 

Williams, Mrs. W. H., R. 3, New Cambria. 

Woolridge, R. S., Harrisonville. 

Wallace, Mrs. R. L., Ewing. 

Wolf, Chas., Aurora. 

Young, Mrs. J. C, Ozark. 

Yost, Mrs. V. V., 3207 S. Benton, Kansas 
City. 

Yankee, Miss Mary, Lonejack. 

Yankee, Mrs. R. E. L., Lonejack. 

Zunbrunn, L. B., Aurora. 

WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

Allen, E. A., Craig. 
Allen, J. W., Palmyra. 



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Ahrens, Chas, H., Olivette. 

Allen, Robt. S., Clinton. 

Arnold, W. N., Morley. 

Alexander, M. H., Jr., 820 Hamilton Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Raker, Ren F., Rloomfleld. 
Rezzenberger, F., St. Charles. 
Rennett, O. A., Maryville. 
Riggerstaflf, Z. T., Edgerton. 
Bailey, Col. Robt., La Plata. 
Rock, Andrew, Rourbon. 
Rallard, Fred "W., 4908 Raltimore, Kansas 

City. 
Boswell, Jesse V., R. 9, Springfield. 
Rrown, Mrs. Adaline, Craig 
Raugert, Mrs. Henry, Pattonville. 
Rrowneller, Miss Jessie, R. 1, Sedalia. 
Relford, Wm„ Joplin. 
Rerthold, Jno. C, 374 S. Taylor Ave. 

Kirk wood. 
Rarnes, Harold E., 307 Forest Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Rrinkmann, Edw. K., 4326 John Ave, St. 

Louis. 
Rowen, Thomas, Queen City. 
Bredemann, J. Eddie, 704 W. Main, Jefferson 

City. 
Bonnomi, John, 4645 Minnesota Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Brinkley, W. J., Iuka, Miss. 
Bray, W. H., Pine Lawn. 
Brace, Penn, Paris. 

Corum, J. J., 1298 E. Blaine, Springfield. 
Church, Mrs. Fred., R. 4, Rutler. 
Church, Miss Elva, Rutler. 
Chiles, Miss Janie, Independence. 
Clark, Mrs. S. C, R. 2, Rea. 
Cordell, A. S., Quitman. 
Clark, S. T., Tipton. 

Cunningham, L. Y., 311 N. Union, Indepen- 
dence. 
Conner, D. W., Grant City. 
Coakerly, Mrs. E. J., Joplin. 
Chester, Geo. J., 6763 Wise Ave., St. Louis. 
Douglas, J. A., Ferguson. 
Dedrick, Henry, Monett. 
Dills, Mrs. R. L., Fairfax. 
Davis, H. P., Ozark. 
DeWitt, Rruce T., Gerster. 
Davis, Mrs. J. O., Hickory. 
De Long, Louis L., Naylor, 
Dosch, R. C, Lockwood. 
Dallam, E., 870 Atlanta Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Esser, L. A., Rlackwater. 
Emison, Mrs. L., Wellington. 
Ewing, C. M., Nevada. 
Evans, G. W., Sikeston. 
Esahenbrenner, Jos., Chesterfield. 
Freudenstein, C. Fred., 5145 Cabanne, St. 

Louis. 
Fette, Mrs. Wm„ Alma. 
Ferguson, Stanley, Tipton. 
Fischer, E. R., Hermann. 
Fyfer. L. K., Columbia. 
Fritts, Mrs. K. R., R. 2, Gerald. 
Fogle, Russel, Palmyra. 



Fisher, Mrs. E. G., King City. 

Fisher, Robert, R. 6, Webster Groves. 

Felland, A. T., 2339 Sulphur Ave., St.Louis. 

Feuver, F. T. R. 1, Festus.. 

Finch, Mrs. R. L., Rosworth. 

Fisher, S. G., Kennett. 

Garrott, Paul, R. 2, Holt. 

Guilliams, Daniel, Craig. 

Grimm, A. N., Louisiana. 

Guenther, C. C, Concordia. 

Graves, Clive C, Maryville. 

Garrett, W. P., Maryville. 

Gilmer, Ernest, Unionville. 

Geist, L. H., Maryville. 

Goll, Mrs. John A., Dalton. 

Goodson, Mrs. S. J., New Cambria. 

Goodwin Poultry Farm, Wellston Sta , St. 

Louis. 
Greening, A. C, Niangua. 
Horn, T. L., Clayton. 
Harnsby, T. P., 424 Foote Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Hake, Armin J., Washington. 
Hake, Edwin H., Washington. 
Hamilton, Fred, Laddonia. 
Hill, Mrs. Ida S., Humphreys. 
Hintz, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. D., Warrenton. 
Harryman, A. Z., Conway. 
Hatch, P. E., 1010 W. 39th St., Kansas City. 
Homes and Ehrhardt, Salisbury. 
Hedges, Gilbert, Louisiana. 
Hamilton, R. H., Rox 383, Pleasant Hill. 
Hulett, Dr. R. F., Galena. 
Hull, J. W., Grant City. 
Higbee, Miss Lola L., Shell City. 
Hallo way, J. S., Koshkonong. 
Henson, Royd., King City. 
Hibbard, J. E., Oronogo. 
Harsha, A. K., 339 Hawthorne Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Hall, W. Albert, Greenfield. 
Hughes, Patrick, J., 73 and Prospect, Kansas 
. City. 

Hammond, Mrs. Clarence, Odessa. 
Harris, T. C, Windsor. 
Hall, Edw. T., Purina Mills, St. Louis. 
Hogan, Milton W., Adrian. 
Hulland, R. F., R. 5, Rosedale, Kan. 
Heathman, Miss Mattie, Rinehart. 
Henson, L. A., King City. 
Hower, CM., Savannah. 
Jones, M. J., Frankford. 
Johnson, Mrs. Oscar., 38 Portland PI., St. 

Louis. 
Jostrand, H. A., 5331 St. Louis Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Kennedy, Mrs. C. L., Joplin. 
Knerr, J. C, 1304 Sylvanie St., St. Joseph. 
Knapp, Geo. F., Pendleton. 
Kinneman, J. H., Farmington. 
Kraxberger, W. A., Dalton. 
Kauffman, J. A., Abilene, Kan. 
Kusterer, Geo. J., Webb City. 
Kern, Geo., Clayton. 
Krueger, E. A., Kirkwood. 
Kinder, A. J., Cuba. 
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LeGear, Dr. L. D., Kirkwood. 

Labahn, C. J., Lincoln. 

Lacey, Frank, Fredericktown. 

Love, R. H., ElDorado Spgs. 

Lester, W. S., Monett. 

Lefler, Maggie M., Ferguson. 

Ligon, W. H., Elsberry. 

Lobman, Ed., Concordia. 

Lloyd, Wm„ R. 14, Valley Park. 

Loelkes, F. C, 4026 Connecticut St., St. 

Louis. 
Lawrence, Elbert E., Craig. 
Luff, Geo. H., R. 1., Jefferson City. 
Loest, L. C, King City. 
Miller, W. W., Kennett. 
Mahler, D. C, Bedford, Iowa. 
Mueller, P. J., 3625 Liermann Ave., St. 

St. Louis. 
Martin, Joe M., West Plains. 
Massey, Mrs. James, R. 35, Florisant. 
Meyer, Louis, 4857 St. Louis Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Moreau, Edw. B., Ste. Genevieve. 
Martin, Isaac N., Lamar. 
Mayes, T. D., Elsberry. 
My err, J. P., Golden City. 
Moore, Miss M., 424 John Ave., St. Louis. 
Meyer, Otto, Brunswick. 
Muckermann, Bernard A., 836a Frederick, 

St. Louis. 
Moody, Mrs. Oscar, Columbia. 
Miller, A. C, Lee's Summit. 
Meyer, John, 4952 Lansdowne Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Markel, F. A., 5464 Neosho St., St. Louis. 
McCarthy, Geo. E., Passaic. 
McDonald, W. A., El Dorado Sps. 
McDaniel, B. F., Lancaster. 
Nixon, Bert, Harviell. 
Needles, J. C. Waverly. 
Naber, Miss Tillie, Louisiana. 
Neese, H. E., Wellington. 
Newcomb, Chas. L., 102 Mason Ave., 

Webster Groves. 
Oates, Mrs. W. S., R. 4, Adrian. 
Porter, R., Paris. 
Pogue, Chas. E., Paris. 
Pitman, F. G., Gorin. 
Pickett, H. H., Merchants Laclede Bldg.. 

St. Louis. 
Ponyer, Yess, Perry ville. 
Pittenger, C. C, Marshfield. 
Patrick, P. L., New Cambria. 
Parker, Miss Pearl, Hickory. 
Porterfield, E. D., Lock Springs. 
Powell, A. C. Colhnsville, 111. 
Puffer, F. G., 3006 Askew Ave., Kansas 

City. 
Parrish, H. E., Craig. 
Peteflsh, Howard, Oronogo. 
Rutter, E. H., Clarence. 
Rouse, E. J., Paris. 
Roberts, S. O., Centralia. 
Ruhraann, A. W., Jennings. 
Robbins, Ed. T., St. Charles. 
Redman, E. L., Craig. 



Roth, W. H., Clayton. 

Richard, Chas. M., 5611 Columbia Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Rush, Mrs. Louis, 8000 Caroline Ave., 

Maplewood. 
Riley, Mrs. Joe A., Mansfield. 
Riley, F. M., Plattsburg. 
Rickey, J. C, Clarence. 

Stewart, A. V., 2501 Pleasant St., Hannibal. 
Speelman, Chester R., R. 2, St. Joseph. 
Smith, Emory, Monett. 
Scoggin, Wilber, La Belle. 
Sauerbier, Alfred, Lee's Summit. 
Senter, Bert, Bolivar. 
Simmons, Frank H., 47 Rock Hill Rd., 

Webster Groves. 
Smith, Wm. P., Mexico. 
Sandford, Dan, 1901 Grand, Joplin. 
Severin, G. A., 2240 Bismarck St., St. Louis 
Sharp, Frank A., Kidder. 
Shakelford, Jas. T., Napton. 
Sanderson, Fred M., Lawson. 
Stevens, Mrs. L. N., R. 4, Harrisonville. 
Stamp, T. J., Platte City. 
Springer, Rolla J., R. 2, Bourbon. 
Stroemer, Oswald, Brunswick. 
Stamper, E. P., Keytesville. 
Snyder, W. S., Box 42, Kirkwood. 
Schecermann, Jno. B., R. 2, St. Charles. 
Speelman, J. A., 712 Woodson St., St. 

Joseph. 
Schmidt, Sidney W., Chillicothe. 
Shimmons, Mrs. G. A., R. 5, Joplin. 
Spenee, C. E., Trenton. 
Shumard, J. W., Ridgeway, Mo. 
Thomas, J. W., Queen City. 
Thompson, Mrs. James A., R. 1, Holt. 
Thomas, R. E., Mary ville. 
Tweedy, C. J., R. 2, Puxico. 
Trapp, Mrs. Lavina, 3514 Grace Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Templeton, A. G., Greenville. 
Tisdale, Dr. C. S., Joplin. 
Voelker, Lawrence, Bertrand. 
Yinn, C. H., Louisiana. 
Wesner, C. E. & Son, Windsor. 
Webb, Thos., R. 31, Baden Sta., St. Louis. 
Williams, Mrs. M. B., Salisbury. 
Watkins, Mrs. K. A., Humphrey's. 
Whittington, M. J., West Plains. 
Wagner, Jno. F., Greenville. 
Willis, Mrs. W. L., Norborne. 
Walker, Vest, Oak Ridge. 
Walters, Edw., Poplar Bluff. 
Wegman, B. I., Freeburg. 
Woods, C. O., Dexter. 
Wiliams, Mrs. C. D., Box 464, Marceline. 
Wonn, H. B., 205 N. Campbell, Spring- 
field. 
Wright, L. A., Sedalia. 
Waldron, Mrs. Jennie, R. 6, Butler. 
Ward, D. J., Severence, Kan. 
Witten, T. N., Trenton. 
Wegener, Otto, 3425 Caroline St., St. 

Louis. 
Wingate, Willa C, Paris. 



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White, J. Edw., St. Charles. 

Woodcock, W. E., 3819 Lloyd Ave., Rose- 
dale, Kan. 

Wilhite, W. S., West Plains. 

Yankee, Mrs. Sam, Lone Jack. 

Yancey, Elbert, Armstrong. 

Young, Mrs. L. E., Keytesville. 

Zimmerman, Otto, 8415 Michigan Ave., St. 
Louis. 

BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

Ainsworth, Mrs. John, Lexington. 

Arnold, Mrs. R. E., Williw Sps. 

Archambeau, J. H., Perry. 

Bailey, Mrs. W. B., Shelbina. 

Brown, A. S., Cameron. 

Baird, W. P., Nevada. 

Boten, Oscar, R. 2, Lee's Summit. 

Blinn, C, Neosho. 

Boss, Ira W., Lamar. 

Black, Mrs. W. J., 9831 Eugenia St., St. 
Louis. 

Bogarr, James W., Orrick. 

Bleakley, J. J., Abilene, Kan. 

Bransitetter, Mrs. W. V., Box 345, Wells- 
ville. 

Baker. C. R., Abilene, Kan. 

Coffman, Mrs. Newton, Rosendale. 

Cave, Mrs. J. M., Lone Jack. 

Crews, A. C, Flat River. 

Clark, W. N., Moberly. 

Christy, Samuel, Union Star. 

David, J. H., Harrisonville. 

Delventhal, E. L., Warrenton. 

Devaney, C. R., Tina. 

Elliott, Thos. B., R. 29, St. Louis. 

Eckelman, W. F., 5459 Alabama Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Ferguson, Mrs. B. K., Burlington Junction. 

Foland, S. J., Worth. 

French, R. R., R. 2, Balckow. 

Ford, O. J., Neosho. 

Glare, J. R., Centralia. 

Goodman, Mrs. Jennie, Barnett. 

Gibson, Mrs. W. E., De Soto. 

Gordon, Y. D., Atlanta. 

Glass, A. E., Harrisonville. 

Griffin, W. Z., R. 7, Butler. 

Gray, Mrs. J. L., 317 Woodlawn Ave., 
Kirkwood. 

Hulett, Mrs. A. A., Webb City. 

Hostetter, Guy, Frankford. 

Hainline, Geo. Jr., Eldorado Spgs. 

Herring, E. M., West Plains. 

Hale, Mrs. Lewis, Shelbina. 

Harrison, Mrs. Bert, Maryville. 

Huscher, Leonard R., Higginsville. 

Hallman, L. H., 135 E. Clinton, Kirk- 
wood. 

Houston, Mrs. Sarah, Mercer. 

Hyrd, Mrs. A. L., R. 3, Perry. 

Johnson, Waldo P., Jamestown. 

Knehans, Prof. Edw. H., Warrenton. 

Kolb, Mrs. J. H., R. 2, California. 

Kerr, W. E., Brookfield. 

Klumpp, Airs. John Jr., Rich Hill. 



Kirchner, Frank, Otterville. 

Kindel, R. S., Mtn. View. 

Luscher, Mrs. Sterling, Salisbury. 

Lockridge, Theo. Farmington. 

Lucas, Dr. T. H., Pattonville. 

Liermann, Jno. H., 4302 S. Compton, St 

Louis. 
Laffoon, L. Z., Sarcoxie. 
Long, W. L., Marshfield. 
Last, R. L., New Cambria. 
Larmer, Robt., Stanberry. 
Love, Dr. W. S., Bertrand. 
Mayfleld, Geo. R., 4, Carthage. 
Murphy, Mrs. Mattie, Salisbury. 
Mason, H. P., Fayette. 
Moore, Geo. M., Linn Creek. 
Musick, Mrs. E. W., Brunswick. 
Mockobey, Chas., YaUey Park. 
MarshaU, F. D., 4215 McPherson Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Mathes, Mrs. Sallie, Bosworth. 
McCue, Josiah, Dexter. 
Norris, Boyd G., Fayette. 
Nichols, Sidney A., R. 4 Purdy. 
Porter, Mrs. Fronie, Barnett. 
Powell, Mrs. E. B., Higginsville. 
Pickett, Mrs. Dr., Halliday. 
Pfeifer, Wm. H., Allenton. 
Plank, C. B., 6812 Cleveland Ave., Kansas 

City. 
Riss, Mrs. A. P., 3037 Paseo, Kansas City. 
Robinson, F. P., Maryville. 
Robison, W. S., Fayette. 
Rudy, Mrs. Wm., Tipton. 
Scarlett, Mrs. J. F., Bosworth. 
Sentenne, J. H., Kirkwood. 
Sloss, Jas. L., Webster Groves. 
Smith, R. E., Galena, Kan. 
Spencer, Irving L., 55 Joy Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Tolster, Gustave C, R. 2, Warrenton. 
Tyrrell, Mrs. Chas., Jennings. 
Uptergrove, Mrs. Bertha, Barnett. 
Wilhite, J. M., Dalton. 
Wiley, J. A., Green City. 
WeUs, Gate, Platte City. 
Walters, Mrs. D. G., R. 7, Abilene, Kan. 
Williams, Mrs. Mary, 3001 Locust St., St. 

Joseph. 
Walp, Mrs. Dora, Brookfield. 
Wolf, Geo. W., St. Charles. 
Young, Mrs. A. P., R. 1, Lexington. 
Yows, Mrs. J. A., Barnett. 

PARTRIDGE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

Anderson, W. N., 2824 Euclid Ave., Kansas 

City. 
Brown, Ed, Greenwood. 
Braken, P. T., 2644 N. 21 St., Kansas City, 

Kan. 
Berry, C. F., Cole Camp. 
Baker, Mrs. J. H., R. 1, Butler. 
Bullock, Wm. M., Belton. 
Baker, Frank H., Cole Camp. 
Chatham, W. P., Trenton. 
Crecelius, J. L., Luxemburg. 



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Cooper, Miss Bonnie, Pittsburg. 

Clements, W. R., Louisiana. 

Churchill. H. C, Windsor. 

Crooks, W. H., Trenton. 

Creeds, H. S., Pittsburg. 

Duffendack, J. C, Independence. 

Dunham, J. W., Eldorado Springs. 

Emison, Mrs. L., Wellington. 

Frear, Lawrence, Monet t. 

Fowler, John S., Cole Camp. 

Fagen, Oscar, Cole Camp. 

Goodson, Mrs. S. J., New Cambria. 

Hostetter, Mrs. W. T., Vandalia. 

Hemmel, Jos. L., 931 W. High St., Jefferson 
City. 

Jesse, Frank R., Webster Groves. 

Kinneman, J. H., Farmington. 

Knecker, Fred, Bunceton. 

Kelley, E. R., Darlington. 

Moss, J. L., Vandalia. 

Murry, R. L., Stanberry. 

Parsons, Albert, Louisiana. 

Riss, Mrs. A. P., 3037 Paseo, Kansas City. 

Shaw, A. J., 2702 Davison Ave., St. Louis 

Smith, Chas. G., 518 Live Stock Exchange, 
Kansas City. 

Scott, E., Ridgeway. 

Truttman, Frank, Trenton, 111. 

Yandiver, Geo. W., Orrick. 

Webster, N. B., Keytesville. 

Washam, John W., Billings. 

Walden, William, 1202 Lindell Ave., Hanni- 
bal. 

Whiprecht, S. G., Sedalia. 

Weerts, Mrs. Mary, 16 Algonquin Lane, 
Webster Groves. 

COLUMBIAN PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

Merch, F. H., 2522 Cypress Ave., Kansas 

City. 
Tjant, Sam., Clayton. 

S. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS. 

Anderson, Mrs. W. T., Columbia. 

Allen, Dr. Ed. R., R. 4, Seymour. 

Alt, Mrs. G. W., Norbore. 

Arnall, Pierre, Wright City. 

Armstrong, Mrs. W. E., Koshkonong. 

Alexander, R. T., Fayette. 

Alphonso, E. R. 1, Union. 

Auberton, Wm., 1601 S. Broadway, St. 

Louis. 
Acres, Mrs. Frank, Galena. 
Allen, F. L., Reeds Spring. 
Anderson, Mrs. Inez, Eagleville. 
Armstrong, C. F., Overland. 
Albright. John C, 2822 Duncan St., St. 

Joseph. 
Ainsworth, Mrs. Geo., Fremont, Neb. 
Bentley, Hoy M., Koshkonong. 
Bowkamp, Rev. J., Drum. 
Baron, Dr. Jules, Peverly. 
Butler, C. R., Canton. 
Bullerdick, J. N., Gerald. 



Biggerstaff, Z. T., Edgerton. 

Baldwin, E. L., Dexter. 

Bowman, Mrs. Jennie, West Plains. 

Beal, L., R. 2, New Cambria. 

Berry, J. Robert, R. 4, Sedalia. 

Blanchard, W. E., 501 Blake St., St. Joseph. 

Brodtrick, W. G., 5203 Vermont, St. Louis. 

Bush, R. H., Bertrand. 

Baker, Jesse T., 5566 Cates Ave., St. Louis. 

Bogue, Mrs. Jake, Frankford. 

Brown, F. E., Thayer. 

Bloomer, Mrs. J. A., Ash Grove. 

Browning, Roy, R. 3, Billings. 

Blackwair, Phil P., 316 S. 3rd St., St. 

Louis. 
Brown, E. L., Nevada. 
Brown, Mrs. C. A., Richmond. 
Byler, Mrs. Zula, Ethel. 
Brunning, Wm., Wright City. 
Bufford, Mrs. John, Eolia. 
Buford, Chas., Fredericktown. 
Benson, R. T., Koshkonong. 
Buck, E. E., Raymondville. 
Bell, Mrs. W. K., Joplin. 
Berthold, Jno. C, Kirkwood. 
Barker, John, Paris. 
Bradbury, Mrs. Clara, Pittsville. 
Baker, Frank H., R. 1, Clyde. 
Buckingham, F. M., Kirksville. 
Benedict, W. F., Moberly. 
Baker, Z. T., Moberly. 
Buckley, Mrs. T. J., LaMonte. 
Bowels, A. S., Wellsville. 
Brant, E. H., Maysville. 
Bailey, Wm. T., Orrick. 
Burrill, F. D., Trenton. 
Bowman, John J., Bonne Terre. 
Brown, C. F., R. 5, Rosedale, Kan. 
Baeummer, J. D., R. 4, Kimmswick. 
Bloecner, Mrs. C. F., 4506 S. Compton, St. 

Louis. 
Bozler, Gottl, R. 29, Wellston. 
Barnett, D. Burney, Harrison ville. 
Boyd, J. A., 4434 Cote Brilliante, St. Louis. 
Brenshr, Wm., Granite City, 111. 
Butler, Miss Velma, Green City. 
Benz, Fred. A., Sedalia. 
Binder, E. F., 2525 McLaran, Jennings. 
Bryant, Mrs. Jodie, Wellington. 
Cooper, Mrs. A. P., 4720 "Wyandotte Ave., 

Kansas City. 
Colburn, Rev. R. T., Stoutsville. 
Corson, M. S., R. 1, Pearl. 
Christopher, Miss Claire, Warrensburg. 
Cessna, J. D., Rosedale, Kan. 
Crawford, Talmage D., Nevada. 
Cloyd, D. S., Salisbury. 
Cloyd, D. W., Salisbury. 
Coffman, Alva, Roscndalc. 
Cochran, M. E., Seymour. 
Chalk, W. O., Delassus. 
Clark, Willis L., Carthage. 
Crane, T. L., Lee's Summit. 
Conner, Bert, Ft. Smith, Ark. 
Copeland, Mrs. F. M., Ellington. 
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Carlson, R., Rox 191, Merriam, Kan. 
Cullom, Chas. K., 6609 Wise Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Clark, J. W., 4015 Florissant, St. Louis. 
Clauser, W. H., Tina. 
Chapman, Jas. W., Paris. 
Cowden, O. O., Springfield. 
Clouston, Mrs. C. H., 5857 Julian Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Cutter, Mrs. J. H., 7605 Suffolk Ave., 

Webster Groves. 
Cavanah, C. A., Keytesville. 
Conrad, J. D., Aurora. 
Carson, Dr. G. W., 4104 Pine St., St. 

Louis. 
Collins, Wm. F., 5655 N. Market, St. 

Louis. 
Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. J., 4117 Euclid, 

Kansas City. 
Dickson, J. L., Clarence. 
Downs, E. L., Washington. 
Dennison, Mrs. Josephine, Rolla. 
De Voe, rC. A., 818 E. 12th St., Kansas 

City. 
Dixon, E. M., Turney. 
Dawson, Geo. C, R. 3, Carthage. 
Doan, Floyd L., 3543 E. 59th L., St., Kansas 

City. 
Dunn, Miss E. E., 1255 Penn, Kansas 

City. 
Denton, J. C, Centralia. 
Day, Frank, Gallatin. 
Davies, A. A., Mtn. Grove. 
Doran, Michael, 1337 S. Rroadway, St. 

Louis. 
Dye, W. C, Trenton. 
Deardorff, J. W., 3601 E. 60th St., Kansas 

City. 
Depke, A., 2420 N. Taylor Ave., St. Louis. 
Droegge, Aug. F., 4137 Camelia, St., St. 

Louis. 
Divelbiss, Mr. and Mrs. J. S., Rraymer. 
Daughterty, H. J., 611 St. Louis Ave., 

Clayton. 
Drullinger, W. D., 3808 E. 62nd St., Kansas 

City, Mo. 
Eishler, Mrs. G. W., R. 3, Rraymer. 
Evens, Fred, Mineral Point. 
Edde, Mrs. Goldie, Preston. 
Erickson, Mrs. Martha, Preston. 
Eyermann, John, 3333a Louisiana, St. Louis. 
Ernst, F. J. A., Ste. Genevieve. 
Ewing, Mrs. Laura, Keytesville. 
Evertz, Otto, Keytesville. 
Englebrecht, E., Ray. 
EUis, C. W., R. 2, Ashland. 
Estes, Mrs. M., R. 2, Rosebud. 
Ellifrit, Webb S., S. W. cor. 56 L. J. High- 
land, 

Kansas City. 
Everman, Forest W., R. 5, Gallatin. 
Everman, Jno. W., R. 5, Gallatin. 
Eichkorn, Herbert, 4428 Ellenwood, St. 

Louis. 
Evans, Sam'l N., Mexico. 
Ellise, Roy V., Troy. 
Friesz, A. L., Rrunswick. 



Fuller, Mrs. J. C, AVarrensburg. 

Fitzkam, Henry, Ste. Genevieve. 

Fisher, F. R., 7035 Horner Ave., St. Louis. 

Fahrni, Mrs. Lucy, R. 2, California. 

Frost, J. R., Poplar Rluff. 

Feldman, F. W., R. 29, Wellston. 

Fortman, Hy. J., Wright City. 

Fisher, C. Orin, Rolivar. 

Fitzkam, H. C, Ste. Genevieve. 

Fair, Mrs. Jennie, Gilman City. 

Funk, Mrs. J. J., Webb City. 

Farmer, Mrs. M. C, Centerview. 

Frier, Mrs. A. G., Keytesville. 

Friez, Mrs. Henry, Jeytesville. 

Fetzer, Mrs. Louis, Keytesville. 

Ferguson, A. D., Passaic. 

Fuqua, James L., Nevada. 

Farrell, E. PI. R. 1, Hannibal. 

Fitzgerald, H. E., Moberly. 

Finney, A. J., 1902 California Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Fah, John E., 3123 N. 10th St., St. Joseph. 
Flamm, John H., R. 4, Kimmswick. 
Fulton, Miss E. J., 3914 Lindell Elvd., St, 

Louis. 
Finch, Mrs. Cora, Odessa. 
Gittons, W. A., Cedar Gap. 
Genoway, Mrs. Eva M., Fredericktown. 
Gray, Mrs. L. E., R. 4, Poplar Rluff. 
Green, E. J., Mtn. Grove. 
Grempczynski, John J., Dixon. 
Giessing, Henry, Sr., Farmington. 
Gobble, W. S., Mansfield. 
Graham, Mary, Centerview. 
Grant, Mrs. Tom, R. 9, Carrollton. 
Goodson, Mrs. Chas., Standish. 
Guthrie, Joel, Mexico. 

Goodyear, R. W., 204 S. 8th St., St. Louis. 
Grithn, Fred C, Greenfield. 
Geist, L. H., Maryville. 
Greer, J. K., Paris. 
Gautier, J. S., Odessa. 
Grot] an, D alt on. 
Goodman, Mrs. Lena, Rarnett. 
Gibson, Mrs. J. A., Odessa. 
Gladback, Mrs. Peter, Mendon. 
Geison, A., Rox 306, St. Louis. 
Garrison, J. H., Missoula, Mont. 
Goebel, Julius C, 706 Times Rldg., St. 

Louis. 
Gasaway, J., Hume. 
Gallatin, Mrs. J. C, R. 3, Chillicothe. 
Gist, Mrs. T. R., R. 29, Wellston. 
Gum, J. W., West Plains. 
Goeltz, Geo. J., Rismarck. 
Galloway, Mrs. Zack, Aurora. 
Harris, Ted P., 7614 Suffolk Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Helber, Jacob, Farmington. 
Haney, J. H., Monticello. 
Harrison, C. M., Moberly. 
Harrison, Mrs. C. E., R. 3, Sedalia. 
Hays, Patrick, R. 1, Marshall. 
Hughes, Mrs. Ed., R. 4, Richmond. 
Healy, F. L., Koshkonong. 
Hackett, Mrs. Ed., Rurlington Junction. 
Heilert, Mrs. Mary, Warrenton. 



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Hawkins, C. R., Shelbina. 

Hasemeier, L. F., Napton. 

Halliburton, Mrs. Effie, Green City. 

Hayes, Mrs. J. D., Salisbury. 

Hall, Jno. F., Stamp Div. P. O., Kansas 

City. 
Hubbard, F. E., Nevada. 
Hamm, Geo., Jennings. 
Huffstuttler, Joseph, St. Charles. 
Hunkins, D. S., Ste., Genevieve. 
Hill, H. H., R. 2, Strafford. 
Huelskemper, Elmer L., St. Charles. 
Hoyds, John, 1728 Menard St., St. Louis. 
Huston, Tressie, R. 3, Ozark. 
Hertlein, John, Bourbon. 
Harrison, F. H., Koshkonong. 
Hempstead, Kay, Maryville. 
Hay, W. R., Parkville. 
Hulett, Fred, Webb City. 
Hallman, L. H., 135 E. Clinton, Kirkwood. 
Holmes, Wm. R., 7456 Manchester, St. 

Louis. 
Heckelman, C. A., 253 Papan, Webster 

Groves. 
Howe, Mrs. Sallie. 
Heffley, Mrs. May, Easton. 
Hutcherson, L. F., Nelson ville. 
Hall, H. W., La Crosse. 
Henry, M., Triplett. 
Hansman, L. W., Keytesville. 
Hopkins, Mrs. Chas., Farmington. 
Howell, Mrs. Louis, Chillicothe. 
Hughes, Geo. P., R. 4, New Cambria. 
Hawkins, Mrs. W. C, R. 2, Ozark. 
Huffman, Mr. and Mrs. John, Rolla. 
Halliburton, Callie, Huntsville. 
Hurley, Jas. M., 3408 Oxford, Maplewood. 
Holmes, John W., De Soto. 
Heckel, E., 4422 Ellenwood Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Hyde, Mrs. Lorinda B., Marshfield. 
Harstman, W. F., Lockwood. 
Hart, J. A., R. 1, Osgood. 
Ilcllwig, Chas., 3554 Gravis Ave.. St. 

Louis. 
Hamel, Gust. J., De Soto. 
Hayes, Webb, Green City. 
Isherwood, R. L., Chillicothe. 
Ifabe, Max, 2616a Arkansas Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Jackson, W. H., Paris. 
Johnson, Geo. F., Flat River. 
Jones, Mrs. Alfred, Maryville. 
Julow, Geo. W., 405 Tuxedo Blvd., Webster 

Groves. 
Johnson, J. M., 806 Railway Exchange, St. 

Louis. 
Jenkins, A. L., Chula. 
Jose, Earl, Bland. 
Julian, H. S., 333 Scarritt Bldg., Kansas 

City. 
Jones, Price, Versailles. 
Jones, Mrs. Dick, R. 4, New Cambria. 
Jalageas, Frank, Jr., Benjamin. 
Johnson, J. E., Richmond Heights. 
Kendrick, Mrs. Fine, K. 1, Green Ridge 
Knight, Mrs. Herbert, R. 1 Milan. 



Kendall, W. R., Independence. 
Kordenbrock, Geo. J., 5902 Old Manchester 

Rd., St. Louis. 
Kemp, Mrs. H. C. & Son, Dresden. 
Knapp, C. M., Rolla. 
Koesters, Fred. W., 4629 Michigan, St. 

Louis. 
Keisker, Otto F., 20 Edwin Ave., Kirkwood. 
Kennedy, J. S., Box 238, Nevada. 
Ketcham, D. B., De Soto. 
Koch, Mrs. Helen, 4006 St. Ferdinand, St. 

Louis. 
Kretzinsger, Mrs. Ona, R. 3, Montrose. 
Kinder, O. B., Jackson. 
Kohl, Otto, R. 1, Chillicothe. 
Knottnerus, Geo. W., 6319 Audrey Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Kubisch, F. C, 1019 Garfield Ave., Kansas 

City. 
Klika, Chas. J., 4669 Alaska Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Killian, L. E., Fillmore, 111. 
Kirk, Dr. W. J. F., Kimmswick. 
Kohlmeyer, Fred A., 5222 Kensington Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Kemp, G. W , Sedalia. 
Kirkman, C. F., Hornersville. 
Kilman, W. F., Bald Knob, Ariz. 
Keaster, Mrs. W. F., 4129 Euclid Ave., 

Kansas City. 
Lewis, J. H., 737 S. Campbell St., Spring- 
field. 
Lawson, Mrs. A. L., 2509 Mersington, Kan- 
sas City. 
Luter, W. W., Kennett. 
Lundy, Mrs. Grace, Webb City. 
Liggett, Geo. D., Carthage. 
Leonard, L. C, Greenwood. 
Leonard, J. W., Canton. 
Latal, Jno. J., 4406 Garfield, St. Louis. 
Lone, W. C, 2228 Wassola St., Springfield. 
La Salle, A. E., Poplar Bluff. 
Lawson, John, California. 
Logsdon, L. R., Brunswick. 
Lynch, Mrs. J. A., R. 3, Norborne. 
Lee, Mrs. Susie T., R. 5, Rich Hill. 
Luid, Gustav A., Kansas City, Kan. 
Lindsey, S. C, Carthage. 
Layson, E. V., Mexico. 

Lewis, Dr. R., 4759 Washington, St. Louis. 
Lustenberger, Jacob, R. 2, St. Joseph. 
Liepold, Aug., 4925 Lorraine, St. Louis. 
Lasley, M. T., Hunnewell. 
Linfoot, Geo. B., 6275 Famous Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Lawson, Jas. S., Box 47, Mt. Vernon. 
Lancaster, Mrs. S. Y., 999 Wilkes Blvd. 

Columbia. 
Lippman, Mrs. Adolph, Maryville. 
I.i< per, E. C, Doniphan. 
Lampe, C. J., New Cambria. 
Lingren, Carl, 4418 Forest Ave., Kansas 

City. 
Lancaster, Mrs. E., 101 Sylvester Ave, 

Webster Groves. 
Lunceford, Mrs. Sadie L., Maplcton, Kan. 
Larkin, Miss Mary D., St. Charles. 



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Ludewig, A. V., Sedalia. 

Lile, Mrs. W. H., Cowgill. 

Lautner, Chas., 3139 Nebraska Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Long, B. F., Kimmswick. 
Lundy, F. C, Webb City. 
Miers, Harry L., Paris. 
Montgomery, J. C, R. 2, Dexter. 
Messinger, Mrs. W. E., 7604 Suffolk Ave., 

Webster Grove. 
Moore, Mrs. E. D., Columbia. 
Mahood, Edw. W., Webster Groves. 
Masters, O., Carthage. 
Marshall, Mrs. B. F., Knobnoster. 
Macke, H. W.. Gordon ville. 
Mathews, J. E., Kearney. 
Myers, Mrs. F. S., Green City. 
Montgomery, W. C, R. 2, Verona. 
Marshall, R. B., 1719 Commercial St., St. 

Joseph. 
Magruder, W. A., Whiteside. 
Miller, Chas. A., Dexter. 
Miller, A. A., Platte City. 
Mason, Mrs. Lillie J., Richmond. 
Miller, Miss Mary, R. 2, Koshkonong. 
Mutz, Mrs. Guy, R. 4, Maryville. 
Myers, Martin T., Mexico. 
Moore, C. M., R. 5, Joplin. 
Maull, Wm. E., Overland. 
Mertens, J. S., 5523 Columbia Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Moore, Miss M., 4224 John Ave., St. LouR 
Meierer, Gus, R. 1, Lexington. 
Meyer, F. H., Dalton. 
Montgomery, Elmer, R. 5, Dexter. 
Mahood, Mrs. E. W., Webster Groves. 
Miller, John P., New Cambria. 
Murphy, Gilbert, St. Charles. 
Muggy, C. D., R. 6, St. Joseph. 
Morris, A. J., R. 4, New Cambria. 
Merck, Frederick H., 2522 Cypress Ave., 

Kansas City. 
Miller, W., 3102 Washington Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Mockabey, Chas., Valley Park. 
Mason, W. J., 4271 Olive St., St. Louis. 
Murry, John, Stanberry. 
Marietta, Sister, Pequia, Ohio. 
Meister, H. F., Nursery. 
Menke, Ben C, 1126 McLauren, St. Louis. 
Moody, Dr. B. E., Jacksonville. 
Murray, Mrs. Edna E., Ash Grove. 
McGinnis, E., Bismarck. 
McGlothlin, J. A., Marble Hill. 
McBrode, Dr. C. J., Perry ville. 
McCandlish, Chas., Craig. 
McKnight, G. B., Nevada. 
McDaniel, P. Z., Esther. 
McMasters, Dale, Warrenton. 
McCarty, Frank, Chillicothe. 
McCrea, Wm., Joplin. 
McCullough, Mrs. R. H., Polo. 
McCullum, Mrs. Anna, R. 3, Hickman 

Mills. 
McNew, J. F. Cowgill. 
McGennis, Mrs. Mollie, Selmore. 
Meador, R. R., 62 & Jackson, Kansas City. 



Naling, Morris E., 9809 S. Broadway, St. 

Louis. 
Nash, T. N., Perry ville. 
Nelson, Mrs. T. A., Bunceton. 
Nelson, Edgar, Bunceton. 
Nichols, E. P., 515 N. 25th St., St. Joseph. 
North, W. C, 3016 Washington, Kansas 

City, Kan. 
Noyes, E. L., 409 Manhattan Bldg., Kansas 

City. 
Noland, T. W., Mtn. Grove. 
Nolan, Harry L., 6618 Hoffman Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Norman, Jas. S., Gallatin. 
Neal, Mrs. Edw., 4162 Deloe St., St. Louis. 
Ott & Ott, Chillicothe. 

Osborn, W. L., 2110 Dewey Ave., St. Joseph. 
Onstott, A. W., 107 Sergeant Ave., Joplin. 
O 'Gorman, Jas. H., 4763 Hammett PL, St. 

Louis. 
Platter, W. E., Holden. 

Potter, Mrs. J., 3419 Prospect, Kansas City. 
Plowright, Geo. H., 7102 Mardell, Kirk- 
wood. 
Pinkley. James, Ste. Genevieve. 
Petrequin, Frederick, Ste. Genevieve. 
Phillips, Mrs. R. S., Marshfleld. 
Patrick, Mrs. Jno. W., Harrisonville. 
Paige, R. S., Tantha. 
Pope, Mrs. O. T., Preston. 
Pulis, J. J., Mexico. 
Pohle, Geo. A., 4217 State Line, Kansas 

City. 
Puddy, Mrs. Lee, Keytesville. 
Preston, Mrs. D. Belle, So. Greenfield. 
Pinto, E. M., St. James. 
Pearson, Mrs. M. A., Rocheport. 
Perrin, J. W., Osceola. 
Poetting, Aug., Maplewood. 
Pugh, Mrs. Anna M. , Guilford. 
Prather, Frank G., R. 6, Columbia. 
Powers, Mrs. Emma B. Marshfleld. 
Powell, Mrs. Arch., Strasburg. 
Robertson, Mrs. A. P. Frankford. 
Reynolds, W. M., Flat River. 
Reed, Dr. W. L., Mexico. 
Rosser, Miss Austin, Butler. 
Rhodes, S. K., R. 4, Norborne. 
Roy, A. S., La Plata. 
Robinson, W. S., 324 Elm Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Robertson, J. B., Brunswick. 
Rutliff, Mrs. Eva., Salisbury. 
Robinson, Mrs. M. F., R. 1, Sedalia. 
Russell, C. C Bourbon. 
Reed, CO., Koshkonong. 
Rowland, W. P., Mexico. 
Reynolds, Geo. T., 4964 Slevin Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Rippee, Mrs. Chas. O., Hartville. 
Roberts, Fanny M., Greenfield. 
Rowell, Mrs. Joe, Strasburg. 
Rauschelbach. A. G., Farrar. 
Rees, Miss Mina, R. 3, New Cambria. 
Rifenbary, L. B., 5010 Murdoch Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Robinson, Hunter. Kirksville. 



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Summerfleld, Fred, Springfield. 

Sandfort, John H.. R. 3, St. Charles. 

Stafford, Mrs. Geo. C, Dearborn. 

Spencer, C. M., Ferguson. 

Stone, G. F., Seymour. 

Smithey, J. W., R. 2, Camden. 

Smalley, W. A., 1409 Temple PI., St. Louis. 

Sparks, John F., 4908 Washington Blvd., 

St. Louis. 
Sparks, Henry L., 1224 Blackstone Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Smith. Dr. T. Paul, La Plata. 
Schremer, Geo., Lamar. 
Stuckert, Mrs. Otto, Whiteside. 
Stuart, H. W., Koshkonong. 
Smith, Roy, Eagleville. 
Smiser, A. Lee, Warrensburg. 
Stemmons, W. F., Carlinville, 111. 
Stuart, Everett, Mexico. 
Smith, Mrs. Luther, R. 2, Perry. 
Spieler, Theo. C, 7238 Coles Ave., Chicago, 

111. 
Sluder, W. J.. Lamar. 
Smidt, Mrs. J. J., R. 1, Lexington. 
Seaver, Herman, R. 28, Overland. 
Sherman, Garrard T., Brunswick. 
Stipp, Frederic, Carrollton. 
Shelton, Mrs. J. R., R. 29, Holden. 
Stone, S. F., Mtn. Grove. 
Skinner, Chas. A., West Plains. 
Southard, Thos. W., 4345 Genessee St., 

Kansas City. 
Shoop, W. T., Richmond. 
Sachse, Edw., Brunswick. 
Southard, V. H., Kansas City. 
Short, T. J., Farmington. 
Sharp, W. E., Reeds Spring. 
Spark, Mrs. Chas., 5431 Bartmer Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Smith, Arthur, Dudley. 
Simons, Robt. E., St. Charles. 
Sherman, Roger T., Independence. 
Stoeppelmann, John H., 5964 Highland, 

St. Louis. 
Stallings, Thos., Granite City, Til. 
Snyder, Edson, Butler. 
Scobee, Mrs. J. T., R. 3, Perry. 
Stanton, Lulu, Union Star. 
Sackman, Mrs. C. E., Cowgill. 
Schmedtje, Adolph H., 3615 Humphrey, 

St. Louis. 
Schoemaker, L. C, 2120 DeSoto Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Strauss, Mrs. F. G., 646 Bismarck Ave., 

Webster Groves. 
Taylor, Chas., Louisiana. 
Tompkins, Mrs. James, Barnett. 
Turner, Mrs. Mary A., Kirksville:. 
Tagtmeyer, A. C, Alma. 
Turner, W. H., Mexico. 
Taylor, W. H , West Plains. 
Turley, Miss Jessie, Blackwater. 
Taylor, Henry B., Lisle. 
Thompson, Lee, Poplar Bluff. 
Tabler, E. F., Koshkonong. 
Taylor. R. P., Carrollton. 
Tedrick. W. W., R. 2, Springfield. 



Tutt, Mrs. C. P., Bunceton. 

Truskey, E. J., 61 & Jackson, Kansas 

City. 
Tetley, S. J., Farmington. 
Toler, Dr. E. D., 4015 Montgall, Kansas 

City. 
Taylor, Mrs. John N., Columbia. 
Tucker, Mrs. Cora, Orrick. 
Tureczeh, Wm. J., 3650 Utah PL, St. Louis. 
Trueblood, Jess, Granite City, 111. 
Vogel, Otto A., 3924 Cora Ave., St. Louis. 
Voss, Stephen, Krakow. 
Viles, Chas., Maryville. 

Vinton, H. D., 3883 E. 62 St., Kansas City 
Van Eaton, J. J., Poplar Bluff. 
Veach, Harry, Koshkonong. 
Vossler, E. M., 8471 Emma St., St. Louis. 
Voyles, G. W., Holden. 
Vaughn, Mrs. C. A., Koshkonong. 
Vassier, Isabelle, R. 29, Wellston. 
Vits, Geo. S., 2632a Wyoming St., St. 

Louis. 
Withers, J. G., Polo. 
Watkins, Jim, Clarence. 
Wallace, R. F., Maryville. 
Weis, F. A., Louisiana. 
Wesner, H. C. & Son, Windsor. 
Wentzell Ferd., 3744 Illinois Ave., St. Louis. 
Wild, R. S., Cowgill. 
Whitson, Geo. M., 6131 Simpson Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Webb, P. M., 1024 Loughborough Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Walk, Joe, 2601 Hord Ave. 
Williams, S. H., Burlington Junction. 
Williams, Lou, Trenton. 
Williams, F. M., R. 6, Mexico. 
Watts, W. R., R. 4, Farmington. 
Wayman, Mrs. H. S., Oak Grove. 
Whitsett, Mrs. R. L., Holden. 
Wilson, Mrs. G. W., Preston. 
Woods, Clarence, Lamar. 
Winter, G. E., Concordia. 
Walters, C. L., Galena. 
Watson, C. T., Koshkonong. 
Whig, Mrs. C. A., R. 9, Carrollton. 
Wignot, L. S., St. Charles. 
Wren, Fred, Billings. 
Weir, D. H., Clayton. 
Winter, Adam F. R., 6, Sappington. 
Wagner, Henry, Pendleton. 
Woods, Mrs. Joe., Odessa. 
Wilson, J. C, Holden. 
Whitlock, C. F., Joplin. 
White, Mrs. Allen, Hardin. 
Wegener, Chris, 2813 Renshaw Ave., £. St. 

Louis, 111. 
Wenom, G. A., Kimmswick. 
Wright, Mrs. Nellie, 5123 Minerva Ave, 

St. Louis. 
W^ells, J. O., 1634 Jersey St., Alton, 111. 
Westerbeck, F. H., 2155 Salisbury St., St. 

Louis. 
W ill in, Geo., 6658 Mitchell Ave., St. Louis. 
White, C. C, Sikeston. 
Wolf, T. W., Kirksville. 
Worsham, Bert, Keytesville. 



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Williams, E. D., RoUa. 

Webber, J. S., 2000 Broadway, Kansas 

City. 
Woodcock, W. E., Rosedale, Kan. 
West, H. E., R. 2, Dexter. 
Wohlschlaeger, Geo. J., Aflton. 
White, C. L., Aurora. 
Yantis, Mrs. Bettie M., R. 1, Neosho. 
Yates, Mrs. Jared, Burlington Junction. 
York, H. J., Lamar. 
Yankee, Mrs. R. E. L., Lone Jack. 
Young, Mrs. J. A., R. 1, Blue Springs. 
Youngman, Dr. J. A., 5817 Gravois Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Yates, Jos. W., R. 3, New Cambria. 
Yocum, H. A., Yutan, Neb. 
Zeiler, J. P., 2225 McMair Ave., St. Louis. 
Zimmerman, Mrs. C. P., Pleasant Hill. 
Zoellner Bros., Perry vile. 

S. C. & R. C. R. I. REDS. 

Bastian, J. B. & Sons, Neosho. 

Coffman, Mrs. O. W., Cowgill. 

Cardwell, S. M., Carterville. 

Lauer, G. L., Queen City. 

Painter, Hern, Wright City. 

Shelley, E. E., Memphis. 

Schmidt, W. Ollie, 7331 Michigan Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Steckel, Clarence, White Hall, 111. 
Schraeder, F. R., Longmont, Colo. 
Thompson, Chas. E., 3228 Campbell St., 

Kansas City. 

R. C. R. I. REDS. 

Armstrong, H. J., Louisiana. 

Anderson, H. C, R. 2, Independence. 

Alleshouse, J. A., Trenton. 

Allen, W. O., Mtn. Grove. 

Blakemore, Virgil, Fayette. 

Blackman, Mrs. T. C, Newtown. 

Baldwin, Mrs. E. E. Brandsville. 

Brooks, Oliver, Greenville. 

Baker, Andy, California. 

Bustn, Everett, Callao. 

Benecke, R. W., Brimswick. 

Bryant, Mrs. G. S., R. 2, Weston. 

Barber, Mrs. A. C, R. 3, Skidmore. 

Brown, Miss Catherine, Frankford. 

Bradley, C. J., Frankford. 

Baker, Harve, Quitman. 

Baldwin, Seth, R. 2, Bourbon. 

Bowman, Mrs. L. L., Cape Girardeau. 

Banning, Mrs. H. E., Marshfleld. 

Benson, F. E., 8021 Woodland Ave., Kansas 

City. 
Bartlett, Mrs. Amy, Lone Jack. 
Butman, L. D., Macon. 
Baker, Mrs. H. E., Columbia. 
Banks, S. G., ElDorado Springs. 
Carson, C. C, R. 3, Jefferson City. 
Cramer's Red Feather P. Yards, Eagleville. 
Carter, Geo. V., West Plains. 
Coshow, J. W., Branson. 
Clenning, G. Geo., California. 



Clenning, Ed., California. 

Cannon, M. E., Bucklin. 

Cawood, Mrs. J. A., Hale. 

Chrisman Poultry Farm, Liberty. 

Candler, R. H., 2424 Quincy, Kansas City. 

Cad well, C. W., Mexico. 

Carter, Mrs. Susan, 504 N. 11 St., St. 

Joseph. 
Conrad, C. J., Maryville. 
Clippard, Fred, Jackson. 
Courtney, Mrs. Ed., Keytesville. 
Comer, W. A., Nevada. 
Carothers, Manville, Kirksville. 
Craighead, E. P., R. 2, Fulton. 
Clayton, F. A., Hume. 
Crow, E. M., R. 2, De Soto. 
Cottingham, W. B., Moberly. 
Doughty, W. A., Bucklin. 
Dillingham, E. S., Platte City. 
Duyier, J. H., Lockwood. 
Dale, J. N., Nevada. 
Davis, Jack, Louisiana. 
Derrough, G. H., ElDorado Springs. 
Durnell, Mrs. C. A., Mansfield. 
Dysart, Mrs. W. P., Columbia. 
Evans, Mrs. E. E., Fulton. 
Ewalt, Mort, Canton. 
England, H., Quitman. 
Eisenhour, B. W., Hale. 
Ford, Ed., Trenton. 
Funy, Mrs. Frank, Carrollton. 
Fisher, Mrs. B. F., Standish. 
Furtney, Mrs. W. C, Columbia. 
Fritts, Emma, Belle. 
Fish, A. J., R. 1, Kahoka. 
Frasier, G. F., R. 7, Chillicothe. 
Finch, Elmer L., Doniphan. 
Gingerich, J. C, Centraha. 
Guyton, Mrs. A. R., Butler. 
Gisi, Aug. M., Ste. Genevieve. 
Gillion, S. H., Oronogo. 
Gray, C. H., R. 5, Nevada. 
Gex, W. B., Graham. 
Humphrey, J. R., Novelty. 
Hawkins, O. B.. Curry ville. 
Hamilton, Mrs. W. S., Clarksdale. 
Hatcher, L. B., R. 1, Carrollton. 
Hancock, Mrs. H. P., R. 2, St. Joseph. 
Heltzel, M. L., 2328 Goff Ave., St. Joseph. 
House, S. M., Blue Springs. 
Harlan, Mrs. Geo., Mussel Fork. 
Hamilton, W. S., Clarksdale. 
Hodge, Miss Elizabeth, Columbia. 
Hampton, J. M., Bethany. 
Henger, W. C, Ottumwa, Iowa. 
Hammer, L., 4944 Maple Ave., St. Louis. 
Hogan, Jno. M., O'Fallon, 111. 
Hunter, W. C, 776 N. Euclid, St. Louis. 
Jakerst, Lawrence J., New Offenburg. 
Johnston, A., Quitman. 
Johnson, Finis E., Pierce City. 
Journey, Mrs. F. E., R. 3, Nevada. 
Johnson, Mrs. Naomi, R. 1, Blue Springs. 
Jeffries, W. L., R. 3, Lancaster. 
Johnson, Mrs. D. V., 2422 St. Joseph Ave., 

St. Joseph. 
Jewett, Mrs. Mary, Hollister. 
Jorner, Wm. R., 402 N. 11th, St. Joseph. 



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Kerby, Mrs. Rose, Grain Valley. 


Snyder, Edson, Butler. 


Kruger, Dr. E. A., 12 & Pennsylvania, Kan- 


Todd. N. P., Rinehart. 


sas City. 


Trumbo, J. R., Chula. 


Kendall, C. C, Kirkwood. 


Tullock, C. T., Bismarck. 


Batterer, G. F., Emma. 


Taylor, Mrs. Dot E., Bethany. 


Lamkin, Mrs. Harry, R. 1., Carthage. 


Thompson, Mrs. Joe, Guilford. 


Minter, Mrs. Mildred B., LaBelle. 


Underwood, Mrs. C. H., Chilhowee. 


Messerli, Carl, California. 


Viles, Dick, Maryville. 


Menne, Geo. A., Cattleville. 


Washburn, Mrs. Geo., La Belle. 


Miller, C. B., Trenton. 


Williams, H. O., Oak Ridge. 


Maxwell, G. W. Jr., Corterville. 


Wolf, C. A., Bucklin. 


Meyer, Otto, Brunswick. 


Woods, J. M., Desloge. 


Mayhan, Mrs. G. W., Grain Valley. 


Wlodarek, Mrs. F. J., R. 38, Anglum. 


Meyer, Mrs. Tony C, Brunswcki. 


Winchell, David, R. 5, Unionville. 


Mitchell, Paul, Flat River. 


Warmack, Wm., Greenville. 


Miller, Wash, Oak Ridge. 


Wilder, Peter W., 4681 Heidelberg Ave., 


Miller, Mrs. Denna V., Guilford. 


St. Louis. 


Myers, O. A., Kirksville. 


Wade, Mrs. Eva, R. 2, Kearney. 


McQuitty, M. L.. Fayette. 


Windle, J. J., R. 1, ElDorado Springs. 


McKown, F. S., Turney. 


Walcott, Mrs. Sarah, Quitman. 


Norman, C, Dexter. 


Whitlock, C. F., Joplin. 


Nelson, Newton, Tipton. 


Watson, Dr. C. R., Miller, Neb. 


Nelson, H. C, Richland. 


Wobus, Miss Margaret, Swiss. 


Nelson, Francis, Tipton. 


Williams, W. L., Brunswick. 


Niemann, Louis, Columbia. 


Watkins, Lee, Brunswick. 


Neiderhut, Rev. Otto, Truxton. 


White, T. F., Keytesville. 


Oran, Mrs. Alice, Gilman City. 


Wilder, Mrs. C. W., Mt. Vernon. 


Pemberton, Mrs. H. L., Holden. 


West, J. T., Dexter. 


Peacher, A. J., Fayette. 


Zeller, R. C, Seymour. 


Pollard, Wade J., Cameron. 


Zimmerman, John H., Glen Allen. 


Puckett, M. L., Puxico. 


Zook, Jesse A., R. 5, Joplin. 


Powell, C. A., Moberly. 




Prentiss, Mrs. Clay, Bethany. 
Patterson, Lovell, Tipton. 


RHODE ISLAND WHITES. 


Porter, Fred, R. 1, Allendale. 


Bohrer, Mrs. C. S., Belleflower. 


Phillips, H. T., Chula. 


Bucksath, Mrs. Jno., Dalton. 


Painter, Elmer, Dresden. 


Heisel, Mrs. Maybelle, Brunswick. 


Quinn, P. J., 3537 Seneca St., St. Joseph. 


Lillard, E. W., Canton. 


Richard, Mrs. W. A., ElDorado Springs. 


McDonald, Lewis W., 930 N. 6th, 


Rascher, Mrs. J. C Amsterdam. 


Hannibal. 


Rudolf, Oscar A., Ferguson. 


Yount, Mrs. J. F. Dalton. 


Rouse, C. E., Bucklin. 




Rodman, Mrs. Sam, R. 4, Burlington Jet. 
Rowden, J. M., Mtn. Grove. 


WHITE WYANDOTTES. 


Redd, Mrs. W. F., R. 11, Knobnoster. 


Amick, Walter K., Windsor. 


Reed, C. D., Wcllsville. 


Andrews, M. L., Bryant. 


Russ, Mrs. W. M. Auxvasse. 


Arterburn, Will & Son, Carrollton. 


Ringold, Dr. Jesse A., King City. 


Anderson, M. W., Keytesville. 


Robinson, A. C , R. 2, Clayton. 


Austin, J. W., R. 5, Joplin. 


Stumm, F. S., 4959 Odell, St. Louis. 


Allison, J. R., Bunceton. 


Skillman, J. I., Platte City. 


Alexander, R. T. 


Siebert, Hy. L.. Ste. Genevieve. 


Ash, E. E., Box 134, Paris. 


Spitzer, Mrs. E. C, Kirksville. 


Anderson, M. M., Webster Groves. 


Sears, J. M., Shelbina. 


Adams, Mrs. C. B., R. 1, Grandview. 


Sw ilium, Joseph, California. 


Bock, Andrew, Bourbon. 


Sullivan, J. W., Stanberry. 


Benecke, R. W., Brunswick. 


Scott, Mrs. Wm. Weston. 


Bennett, Milt, Keytesville. 


Swartz, E. M., 2615 N. 2nd St.. St. Joseph. 


Boyd, A. S., 4623 Berlin, St. Louis. 


Settles, John W.. R. 8, Fulton. 


Belou, B, Webster Groves. 


Storms, Harvey W., R. 3, Lee's Summit. 


Brodie, C. I., Catawissa. 


Shouse, Mrs. Harry, Greenfield. 


Brown, Al, Ste. Genevieve. 


Spillman, Mrs. E. H., Nevada. 


Boswell, Jesse V., R. 9, Springfield. 


sicmers, Mrs. Fred, Jackson. 


Butler, Roy H., Independence. 


Sawyers, R. M., Jackson. 


Baumgartner, Aug., Ste. Genevieve. 


Sprout, G. M.. Trenton. 


Boss, H. N., Lamar. 


Sullivan, J. T.. Moundville. 


Butzke, Dr. E. J., Mtn. Grove. 


Sisson, Mrs. H. A., Callao. 


Bast, L. G., Columbia. 



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Boutwell, Mrs. O. W., Columbia. 

Boulware, Isham, Centralia. 

Bleckman, H. J., Washington. 

Bradshaw, J. D., Barnett. 

Burgam, Paul, Carrollton. 

Black, Mrs. Frank, Orrick. 

Barton, W. C, Nevada. 

Bockhorss, G. H., Wright City. 

Bray, W. H., Pine Lawn. 

Boettner, Geo. H., Perryville. 

Beuner, Dr., Carrollton. 

Bond, Mrs. W. R., Grant City. 

Cochrane, W. L., 3146 Sutton Ave., Maple- 
wood. 

Cameron, Mrs. C. J., R. 3, Liberal. 

Capeland, Mrs. M. J., Ellington. 

Chiles, Mrs. F. P., Buckner. 

Clayton, E., 5747 Lansdown Ave., St. Louis. 

Congdon, Mr. & Mrs. C. A., R. 13, Knob- 
noster. 

Crawford, G. B., 5025 E. 7th St., Kansas 
City. 

Cannon, J. R., Elsberry. 

Callaway, Mrs. J. P., Marshfield. 

Christal, R. A., R. 9, Sta. D, St. Joseph. 

Cott, Otho, R. 4, Slater. 

Crawford, W. L., Paris. 

Caeser, Marcel H., Holland, Mich. 

Craft, E. K., Windsor. 

Cady, D. L., Purdin. 

Cole, Geo. W., LaPlata. 

Curtis, H. F., Cole Camp. 

Carter, C. L., Cabool. 

Clifton, W. R , Cabool. 

Davidson, W. Y., Belton. 

Dewey, Geo. M., Keyesville. 

Dixon, Geo., R. 4, Humansville. 

Davis, Mrs. O. B., Ava. 

Dirks, H. O., Poplar Bluff. 

Dass, W. D., Joplin. 

Durrett, Mrs. John D., R. 6, Lee's Sum- 
mit. 

Dodd, S. Mark, Ferguson. 

Delaney, F. X., 3654 Page Ave., St. Louis. 

Dever, Geo. J., Maplewood. 

De Long, Louis L, Naylor. 

Dewey, Chas. E., Jefferson City. 

Dockweiler, J. F., Box 46, Kinloch. 

Estel, R. E., Perryville. 

Ellis, Viginia, Plattsburg. 

Edwards, E. F., R. 4, Butler. 

Ellis, J. B., R. 3, Springfield. 

Everett, Frank, Wellsville. 

Funk, C. H., Holden. 

Foley, E. J., Poplar Bluff. 

Fink, Mrs. Agnes, 4216 Bates St., St. Louis. 

Fillmore, H. M., R. 4, Joplin. 

Ferguson, Homer V., Willow Springs. 

Filippine, A., 6749 Florissant, St. Louis. 

Ferris, Grover, 6446 E. 15th, Kansas City. 

Firth, O. F., R. 2, Cowgill. 

Gravatte, H. C, 505 N. 28th St., St. Joseph. 

Gilbert, Mrs. L. W., Tipton. 

Griffin, O. B., Atlanta. 

Garnant, Mrs. M. M., R. 2, Kidder. 

Gander, J. C, El Dorado Springs. 



Gottlieb, Julius, 440 N. Van Buren, Kirk- 
wood. 
Girton, W. H., R. 1, Carterville. 
Godt, Fredy, Wright City. 
Gordon, E. P., 6731 Robbins Ave., Kirk- 
wood. 
Garner, J. S. & Sons, Armstrong. 
Gibson, J. T. Jr., Whiteside. 
Gabbert, Mrs. Chas., 2302 Wall St., Joplin. 
Goldtwait, A. O., Box 134, E. Wellston. 
Guther, Miss Marie, Greenfield. 
Golden, H. T.. La Belle. 
Glover, Mrs. H. W., Kingsville. 
Garwin, W. S., 47 Summutt Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Genahl, Frank J., Ste. Genevieve. 
Gregg, Geo. W., 772 Big Bend Rd., Webster 

Groves. 
Grow, C. M. Jr., Fulton. 
Gowdy, Mason B., 4724 Campbell, Kansas 

City. 
Griffin, W. Z., R. 7, Butler. 
Gilpin, J. E., Saxton. 
Grunske, G. C, 1514 Elmwood, Kansas 

City. 
Goodnow, Mrs. F. E., R. 1, Kingston. 
Hunter, W. Z., Hannibal. 
Haldeman, C. E., La Belle. 
Hill, Chas. J., R. 3, St. Joseph. 
Harryman, A. Z., Conway. 
Harmon, Mrs. O. E., Liberal. 
Hartley, Jacob, Ozark. 
Hallerorth, F. J., 122 E. High St., Jefferson 

City. 
Huck, Wm. P., Ste. Genevieve. 
Henztenberg, H. D., Owensville. 
Hogg, John L., Ste. Genevieve. 
Hansen, Jes., 2219 Wren Ave., St. Louis. 
Herbert, Mrs. C. E., Bosworth. 
Hunt, Lena, Chillicothe. 
Hart, J. P., Rolla. 
Hackley, Mrs. J. E., Columbia. 
Hodge, Mrs. J. E., Imperial, Cal. 
Hagan, Mrs. Geo W., R. 2, Lee's Summit. 
Harberg, W. F., 4448 Delmar, St. Louis. 
Hills, Orville A., Box 325, St. Joseph. 
Homeyer, Fred C, 6426 Easton Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Harrison, L. W., Mt. Carroll, 111. 
Hawkins, John T., R. 2, Ozark. 
Howcroft, E. F., Billings. 
Harrisin, J. Z., Carterville. 
Johnson, L. H., Kennett. 
Jakerst, Ben, Ste. Genevieve. 
Joyce, Ad, Lamar. 

Jackson, Mrs. J. D., R. 6, Lee's Summit. 
Jackson, Mrs. Ernest, Lee's Summit. 
Jones, T. F., Wellsville. 
Jones, Lorenzo, Unionville. 
Jones Phil, Sheldon. 
Jannapoulo, Mrs. D., Lee Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Kochan, Henry C, Maysville. 
Kerstner, M. G., Gordon ville. 
Kavanaugh, D. S., Tipton. 
Kazee, E. L., Lamar. 



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Kohrs, Henry, Olivette. 

Koch, Robert R., Creve Coeur. 

Kuhlman, Mrs. Jno., Dalton. 

Kuhlman, Mrs. Chas., Dalton. 

Keithley, Mrs. J. A., Camden. 

Lankford, W. R., Sikeston. 

Lane, Mrs. John, Rutler. 

Longhead, Mrs. Chas., Unionville. 

Long, Claude, Greenwood. 

Lane, M. R., Sullivan. 

Lore, Edna, Raring. 

Lang, Howard R., Fulton. 

Low, Mrs. Jas., Syenite. 

Lee, J. W., R. F. D., Mexico. 

Linkenheimer, A. L., 2909 S. Compton, 

St. Louis. 
Laidley, Mrs. Jas. M., Summersville. 
Leiter, Clyde C, 610 E. 10th St., Sedalia. 
Milligan, Miss Kate, Richmond. 
Mosley, F. E., Lawson. 

Moselle Ranch & Poultry Co., 811 "Washing- 
ton, St. Louis. 
Miller, J. W., Carthage. 
Miller, Geo., R. 9. Springfield. 
Malvern, Mrs. J. D., Quitman. 
Mason, Mrs. R. O.. R. 6, Richmond. 
Meyer, W. H., Carrollton. 
Miller, W. F., 720 E. 14th St., Sedalia. 
Munroe, Root. R., De Soto. 
Mason, C. H., Nevada. 
Nicklenburg, W. F., 1828 S. Rroadway, St. 

Louis. 
Meyer, Geo., 1928 N. Market, St. Louis. 
Moorman, Mrs. R. E., R. 2, Carthage. 
Meyer, Wm. L., McKittrick. 
Melton, R. E., Ozark. 
Moeller, G. H., 508 Rroadway, Jefferson 

City. 
Messmer, Jas., 21 S. 4th, St. Louis. 
Moran, Jas., King City. 
Mansfield, Miss Reatrice, Altoona, Iowa. 
Miller, Lizzie & Frances, Higbee. 
Maxwell, Mrs. J. K., Lee's Summit. 
Miller, Mrs. W. H., R. R., Cameron. 
McArthur, Mrs. D. E., Rillingsville. 
McNair, O. E.. R. 2. Springfield. 
McManis, W. E., Lamar. 
McCully, Wm., New Cambria. 
McConnell, Geo., 3431 Woodland, Kansas 

City. 
Nicklin, L. P., Clarksville. 
Norman, Calvin, Dexter. 
Xaugel, Mrs. H. A., Holden. 
Nevin, Frank J., 60th & Cherry, Kansas 

City. 
Naeve, Fred C, 4205 Independence Ave., 

Kansas City. 
Nicholas, Mrs. W. P., Rurlington Junction. 
Owens, Mrs. G. W., 1830 Reacon St., Sedalia. 
Owen, Mrs. Dora, 4427 Margaretta Ave., 

St. Louis. 
O'Rrien, R. R., 4352 Evans Ave., St. Louis. 
Odell, Miss Zelma, Orrick. 
Pay, W. W., R. 4, Humansville. 
Presnell, Dr. U. A. V., Kennett. 
Pickering, Chas., E. 6233 Elizabeth Ave.. 

St. Louis. 



Parks, C. W., Springfield. 
Pederson, Anton., R. 1, Elba, Neb. 
Poetting, Aug., Maplewood. 
Presnell, Mrs. Nettie., Kennett. 
Pall, Ferd H., St. Charles. 
Pilcher, Arch, Canton. 
Payne, S. L., Conway. 
Roach, A. C, R. 1, Thayer. 
Rybolt, Mrs. Sherman, Grant City. 
Rybolt, Sherman, Grant City. 
Rowland, J. W., Centralia. 
Reed, Ed. L., Rreckenridge. 
Rehn, Dr. H. S., Ste. Genevieve. 
Rubottom, Raymond, Greenville. 
Rose, Luther, Holden. 
Rider, J. W., R. 1, Henrietta. 
Roehrig Emil, Warrenton. 
Rautenberg, G. E.. 733 Catalpa Ave., Web- 
ster Groves. 
Roberts, C. K., Corridon. 
Roberts, H. D., Farmington. 
Ranum, Mrs. Peter, R. 3, Eldon. 
Robinson, W. F., West Plains. 
Rekart, Mrs. E. J., R. 2, Clayton. 
Ragsdale, Chas., Moberly. 
Rasmussen, G., Kimmswick. 
Shiverly, F. F., Kennett. 
Schaperkotter, E. W., R. 14, Valley Park. 
Sumner, Mrs. Wm., Odessa. 
Surguine, Miss Martha, Oswego. 
Spencer, J. L., Louisiana. 
Smith, A. A., Rolla. 
Steele, Mrs. J. T., Webb City. 
Schenck, Ed. Newport Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Sturgis, W. A., R. 7, Cameron. 
Schnitzer, Fred G., 3430 Arsenal St. St. 

Louis. 
Stamm, E. H., 4807 McPherson Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Soobada, Otto, 5870 Pernod, St. Louis. 
Seaton, Mrs. Chas., Pleasant Hill. 
Stanton, Edwin, F., Mt. Grove. 
Sitton, J. D., Fulton. 
Shepard, J. A., R. 2, Dexter. 
Sandknop, P. J., La Relle. 
Seaver, Gus, R. 28, Overland. 
Shulenberg, Walter, Independence. 
Selken, C. A., Smithton. 
Sims, Martin, 67 S. 20th St., Kansas City, 

Kan. 
Turner, Martha, R. 3, St. Joseph. 
Tallent, O. S., Tallent. 
Taylor, W. P., R. 2, Seneca. 
Threlkeld, W. G., Koshkonong. 
Toellner, C. H., Jr., Runceton. 
Tharpe, Joe, Joplin. 
Taylor, A. S., Keytesville. 
Tiemann, Chas. F., 4979 Schollmeyer Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Thompson, W. T., Dexter. 
Tweedy, Thos. C, R. 1, Puxico. 
Thompson, F. F., 3945 De Tonty St., St. 

Louis. 
Vaughn, W. D., Keytesvilie. 
Welden, J. E., Creighton. 
Williams, E. H., Aurora. 



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Walker, Mrs. F. S., Claremore, Okla. 

Williams, Mrs. M. B., Salisbury. 

Westfall, Karl, 2907 N. Alice, Kansas City, 

Kan. 
Wasson, F. M., Nixa. 
Wageley, Chas. M., R. 29, Wellston. 
Welch, Oscar, Holden. 
Weber, E., 1051 Tuxedo Blvd., Webster 

Groves. 
Waston, W. A., Columbia. 
Weber, O. F., 721 S. 22nd, St. Joseph. 
Weatherford, Chas. A., Independence. 
Walton, Gentry T., Butler. 
Welty, John H., 3935 Central St., Kansas 

City, 
Wagner, Rev. W. C, R. 2 Smithston. 
Wheeler, Albert V., Carlinville, 111. 
Whiprecht, S. G., Sedalia. 
Weymuth, Geo. J., Cole Camp. 
Williams, W. L., Brunswick. 
Watkins, Lee, Brunswick. 
Warnhoff, F. R., 3946 Page Ave., St. Louis. 
Wilshire, Mrs. Mollie, R. 3, Buffalo. 
Williams, Sidney H., R. 5, Springfield. 
Weatherford, R. P., Independence. 
Yankee, Mrs. Z. W., Lees Summit. 
Yoakum, Elmer C, R. 1, Merriam, Kan. 
Zimmerman, O. C, La Belle. 
Zuck, J. H., R. 4, Poplar Bluff. 

SILVER WYANDOTTES. 

Alexander, Mrs. T. H., Pittsburg. 
Arnold, T. B., Palmyra. 
Allison, S. O., 3510 Olive St., St. Louis. 
Armstrong, Mrs. A., 10906 River View Drive, 

St. Louis. 
Bachmann, Julius, Kansas City. 
Bryson, Mrs. G. W., Warrensburg. 
Bishop, Geo. M., 1157 Walton Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Becker, Jacob, 2504 E. 6th St., Kansas 

City. 
Bray, Mrs. Lena C, Mt. Vernon. 
Bachelor, E. E., Louisiana. 
Crenshaw, Austin, Fulton. 
Curry, O. W., Eagleville. 
Curtright, Lewis L., Holliday. 
Cooper, J. P., Savannah. 
Conklin, L. A., 924 Cherry St., Springfield. 
Connell, Mary, 703 Marshall Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Dorney, Dennis, Chillicothe. 
Davison, J. T., Poplar Bluff. 
Dale, W. S., Eagleville. 

De Louis, Edw., 6508 Roberts, Kansas City. 
Dirks, H. O., Poplar Bluff. 
Davis, Mrs. C. O., Dublin, Ind. 
Fowler, S. Homer & Co., Excelsior Springs. 
Frary, C. C, Perryville. 
Ferguson, Mrs. Fred, Fredericktown. 
Geiler, Peter, Ste. Genevieve. 
Glass, Claude, Maryville. 
Graves, D. D., Nevada. 
Gast, Eugene T., 1221 Pierce Bldg., St. 

Louis. 
Groves, Chas., Mercer. 



Grant, Geo. C, Kirkwood. 

Harris, N. O., Blue Springs. 

Jenkins, M. R., Box 60, Moberly. 

Julow, Geo. W., 405 Tuxedo Blvd., Webster 
Groves. 

Jones, Alfred R., St. Charles. 

Jones, Lynn, R. 1, Kennett. 

Kalb, Chas. R., 1214 Pierce Bldg., St. 
Louis. 

Latal, John J., 4406 Garfield, St. Louis. 

Langehenning, Mrs. Emma, Jackson. 

Lundley, John W., New Cambria. 

Livingston, Edwin, R. 1, Rea. 

Manzur, F. B., Carterville. 

Mers, Stanley, Strasburg. 

Martin, R. J., Trenton. 

Meyers, Mrs. F., Greenfield. 

Miers, A. A., Jackson. 

Macke, Chas., Jackson. 

Mims, Mrs. John, 404 S. Adams, Nevada 

Masoner, Teater, Edgerton. 

McClymond, C. W., Tipton. 

McFarland, P. A., R. 1, Dexter. 

McPherson, Frank, Ash Grove. 

Nix, Chas., Palmyra. 

Osborn, Jas. N., 1706 Bell St., St. Joseph. 

Pool, CO., Frankford. 

Plo wright, Geo. H., 7102 Mardell, Kirk- 
wood. 

Pearson, Howard L., 26 Edwin Ave., Kirk- 
wood. 

Polley, Mrs. Walter B., Kirksville.' 

Padley, Mrs. W. H., R. 8, Butler. 

Peterson, O. H., R. 28, Overland. 

Ridinour, Tom, Green Ridge. 

Ross, Miss Effie, Fredericktown. 

Ross, Mrs. Cora, R. 4, Dexter. 

Roberts, C. K., Corridon. 

Rupard, Jas. W., Box 19, Sheldon. 

Stopp, Jno., Platte City. 

Snider, Mrs. E. A., Louisiana. 

Steinmesch, Henry, 220 Market St., St 
Louis. 

Steinmesch, Harry J., 220 Market St., St 
Louis. 

Slayton, M. G., Bryant. 

Templeton, H. W., Carterville. 

Welden, J. E., Creighton. 

Wrinkle, Cora H., Pittsburg. 

Winkle, C. H., Lamar. 

Wright, Mrs. Ellis T., Eureka, Kan. 

Wilburn, Y. A., Poplar Bluff. 

Walter, W. A., 7350 Manchester Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Wahrenbrock, Otto, 3930 Harris Ave., 
Kansas City. 

Yale, Samuel A. Jr., care of Post Office, 
Independence. 

Young, Jno. F., Lees Summit. 

Zeigler, T. E., R. 3, Novinger. 

COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES. 

Acock, J. A., Farmington. 
Austin, Geo., Creve Coeur. 
Bahntge, Chas. F., 3616 Bell St., Kansas 
City. 



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Connelly, C. C, Joplin. 

Clark, J. L., Mirable. 

Davidson, W. Y., Belton. 

EUis, J. C, Whiteside. 

Fowler, S. Homer & Co., Excelsior Springs. 

Huggett, J. P., Fulton. 

Jensen, A., 46 & Cleveland, Kansas City. 

Kirkendoll, Mrs. A., Delassus. 

Leonard, S. L., R. 4, St. Joseph. 

McKinley, Dr. W. E., Grant City. 

Pettingell, Mrs. E. W., 317 Greely Ave., 

"Webster Groves. 
Pederson, Anton, R. 1, Elba, Neb. 
Raney, J. F., Dexter. 
Spencer, C. M., Ferguson. 
Steinmesch, Henry, 220 Market St., St. 

Louis. 
Steinmesh, Harry J., 220 Market St., St. 

Louis. 
Skaggs, F. M., Nevada. 
Speed, J. O., 316 Chestnut St., "Webster 

Groves. 
Toomer, Mrs. A. H., Springfield. 
Weber, F. H., 3721 Michigan Ave., S. 

Louis. 
Wills, Mrs. Robert, Farmington. 
Walton, Mrs. F. R., 3439 Commonwealth, 

Maplewood. 
Young, Zeno M., 512 Selma Ave., Webster 

Groves. 

PART. WYDTS. 

Allen, John, E. St. Louis, 111. 

Buster, A. J., Wheeling. 

Ballinger, J. T., Mirable. 

Bane, W. S., Belton. 

Clark, E. F„ Sedalia. 

Denizit, F., Perryville. 

EUis, J. C, Whiteside. 

Hink. E. W., Gordon ville. 

Hatcher, B. H., R. 1, Carrollton. 

Howell, Lester, Monett. 

Jenks, A. L., Monett. 

Krietler, C. R., 3229 Windsor, Kansas City. 

Kamp, Edw. A., 537 Marshall Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Kerstner, A. W., Jackson. 
Longhead, Mrs. Chas., Unionville. 
Lynch, C. V., Harrisonville. 
Lipe, Geo., Monett. 
Meier, H. F., Paris. 
Naeve, Fred C, 4205 Independence Ave., 

Kansas City. 
Owen, Walter, W., Billings. 
Pott", E. L., Lamar. 

Speelman, Chester R., R. 2, St. Joseph. 
Stemmons, V. B., A villa. 
Salzer, Fred, Frisco Bldg., Monett. 
Shelton, Ambrose, Monett. 
Stallard, Henry, Shelbina. 
Thudium, C. C, Fredericktown. 
Thilennis, Edw., Perryville. 
Todd, A. E.. Billings. 
Tinsley, D. W., 414 Kentucky Ave., St. 

Joseph. 
West, Dr. L., 210 3rd St., Monett. 



Wallace, A. S., Billings. 
Wachtel, T. E., Rosedale. 
Yankee, Miss Mary, Lone Jack. 

GOLDEN WYDTS. 

Bryan, J. P., Chillicothe. 

Bonney, James, Lamar. 

Brown, Austin, King City. 

Curtright, E. E., Holliday. 

Curtright, R. A., Paris. 

Clark, E. F., Sedalia. 

Clay, S. W., Anderson. 

Fields, W. L., Chillicothe. 

Galwith, Chas., R. 1, Fulton. 

Garfield, W. L., 804 Cypress, Kansas City 

Geiler, Peter, Ste. Genevieve. 

Glover, F. E., Ord, Neb. 

Hays, G. Purd, Ozark. 

Lamar, Mrs. Robt., Houston. 

Lueker, Theo. M., Concordia. 

Lynes, T. M., Fulton. 

Matthis, Homer, H., R. 3, King City. 

McKinney, J. E., Farmington. 

Powell, Wm., H., Higgins ville. 

Quisenberry, P. T., Ford City. 

BUFF WYDTS. 

Albright & Cole, Kearney. 

Barker, J. J., Grant City. 

Bush, J. A., Leavenworth, Kan. 

Crawford, W. H. & Son, Maryville. 

Funk, Mrs. W. L., Raymore. 

Kingston, John, Granby. 

Kerstner, H. C, Jackson. 

Lamb, L. G., La Belle. 

Miller, Paul, Maryville. 

Montgomery, Sim, Eagleville. 

Pike, Dewey, R. F. D., Maryville. 

Sayler, Joseph H., Maryville. 

Swift, Mrs. Henry, Grant City. 

Van Cleve, Wm. M., Macon. 

Wolf, Geo. P., 1718 Sargeant Ave., Joplin. 

BLACK WYDTS. 

Steele, Jno. J., Mexico. 

BUFF ORPINGTONS. 

Alford, Mrs. R. Lee, Vandalia. 

Airy, Mrs. D. W., Watson. 

Allen, Mrs. Tressie, R. 1, Verona. 

Anthony, E. D., Fredericktown. 

Adams, S. E., Wellsville. 

Adams, Oscar, R. 3, Turney. 

Bosier, J. M., 120 N. Lawndale, Kansas City. 

Brady, M. S., Richards, 

Brown, B. G., Chillicothe. 

Bryan, Byrd, Mercer. 

Browning, D. S., Verona. 

Brown, D. L., Marceline. 

Benoit, N. A., St. Charles. 

Bullerdick, J. H., Gerald. 

Bryant, Mrs. R. N., R. 3, New Bloomfleld. 

Bried, D. W., Union. 

Bass, Spencer, St. Charles. 



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Burton, Geo. W., 1711 Center St., St. Joseph. 

Baird, Mrs. Mina, Branson. 

Baldwin, Otto, Knobnoster. 

Brinkley, Mrs. Wm., Sweet Springs. 

Bishop, S. M., Box 32, Lockwood. 

Brisbin, A. D., Raymore. 

Brown, C. S., Easton. 

Barnett, J. H., Sikeston. 

Barnett, H. S., Green City. 

Boyd, J. H., Esther. 

Brooks, Jno. A., Vandalia. 

Braggins, A. L., 29 E. Frisco Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Black, Glenn, R. 1., Kirksville. 
Brownlee, Mrs. H. D., R. 1, Ethel. 
Brouthers, Mrs. B. F., R. 3, Louisiana. 
Beach, Maud, R. 2, Armstrong. 
Beall, W. L., Greencastle. 
Belford, Wm., Joplin. 
Bishop, John, La Belle. 
Bray, J. W., Louisiana. 
Bane, W. S., Belton. 
Bryarly, Roy, Mexico. 
Barnett, H. C, Moberly. 
Bennett, Jas. E., 526 Atlanta Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Bockhorst, G. H., Wright City. 
Brunsen, Geo., 5011 Alaska Ave., St. Louis. 
Bartlett, Terry, Orrick. 
Butman, L. D., Macon. 
Balthasa, Harry G., 3502 Hartford St., St 

Louis. 
Bennett, T. B., Eldorado, 111. 
Bufe, Otto E., 1903 Obear Ave., St. Louis. 
Boyce, Miss Martha F., Trenton. 
Brockett, C. B., 7601 Hiawatha Ave., St 

Louis. 
Crowson, J. D., Fulton. 
Crank, L. W., Elsberry. 
Cannon, Otto B., Elsberry. 
Clardy, P. F., Ethel. 

Chamberlain, Mrs. E. C, R. 2, West Plains. 
Case, D. P., Anderson, Ind. 
Conrad, Carl L., Greenwood. 
Conway, Mrs. M., Vandalia. 
Creamer, M. D., Louisiana. 
Crow, E. P., Dexter. 
Cole, D. L., Webb City. 
Campbell, Truman, Napton. 
Carroll, Mrs. J. H„ Butler. 
Collins, Miss Jessie, Strasburg. 
Clark, A. L., R. 1, Thayer. 
Campbell, W. C, Grant City. 
Clonston, Mrs. Charlie H., 5857 Julian, St. 

Louis. 
Crockett, Mrs. N. W., Rea. 
Craig, Mrs. J. M., Paris. 
Cailland, Ed., Kennett. 
Clay, S. W., Anderson. 
Catley, Jas. W., 1726 S. W. Blvd. Rosedale. 

Kan. 
Dreher, Herman J., 3218 Missouri Ave., St. 

Louis. 
De Courcey, John M., 2653 Davison Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Daniel, Will, Vandalia. 
Dickson, Mrs. Henry, Carrollton. 



Dunham, V. L., Nixa. 

Dixon, Mrs. Harry, Holden. 

Decker, Mrs. H. D., Lamar. 

De Moulin, Arthur, R. 32, Ferguson. 

Dillon, Chas., 2933 Sylvania, St. Joseph. 

Darling, J. B., Cold Water. 

Davis, Thos., Jr. : New Cambria. 

Davis, Miss Margaretta G., New Cambria. 

Dohogne, Leo, Kelso. 

Davis, H. E., Calhoun. 

Dowdy, O. C, Mt. Grove. 

Daelhousen, Mrs. Benj., Oakwood. 

Emry, Judge C. A., 3109 Parshall St., Kansas 

City, Kan. 
Evers, Fred L., 2533 Wren Ave., St. Louis. 
Ewing, Mr. & Mrs. M. W., Trenton. 
Elberts, R. L., Plattsburg. 
Egelhaff, Mrs. K., 2625 S. Kingshighway, 

St. Louis. 
Elliott, A. E., Nevada. 
Elkins, B. V., 923 E. 3rd St., Sedalia. 
English, Thos. H., Glendale, Arizona. 
Enloe, E. D., Cole Camp. 
Etherington, R. B., O 'Fallon, III. 
Ebling, Allen R., 1222 Aubert, St. Louis. 
Elrod, W. F., Marissa, 111. 
Flanagan, M., Fairfax. 
Fisher, Miss Minnie, R. 9, Carrollton. 
Finley, Mrs. R. P., Columbia. 
Foster, O. J., Marceline. 
Forester, Mrs. E. J., Hickory. 
Fessler, Edw., R. 2, New Cambria. 
Franklin, W. T., Irwin. 
Fellows, Miss S. C, 539 St. Louis St., 

Springfield. 
Flentzer, E. W., Cape Girardeau. 
Farmer, N. L., Platte City. 
Frost, Mrs. C. L., Odessa. 
Griffin, Miss Amy, Russellville. 
Gwinn, M. D., Eldorado Springs. 
Griswold, Frank D., Clarence. 
Good, Wm., Farmington. 
Green, A. M., Armstrong. 
George, T. J., Platte City. 
Green, Frank, Chillicothe. 
Glass, A. L., Hopkins. 
Grant, Clarence, Jackson. 
Graham, Arthur, Fredericktown. 
Gregg, W. C, Chillicothe. 
Gilstrap, A., R. 1, Joplin. 
Glaub, Andrew F., Maplewood. 
Gallatin, J. L., Foster. 
Gray, Rev. C. M., Palmyra. 
Gonss, Edw. A., 5323 Minerva Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Graves, Miss Pearl, R. 1, Hannibal. 
Grevels, John F., 3104 Big Bend Rd., 

Maplewood. 
Hickman, J. E., Mercer. 
Hamilton, Mrs. James, Clarence. 
Harlin, J. W., Puxico. 
Hitch, Mrs. W. E., Vandalia. 
Harrison, Mrs. C. E., R. 3, Sedalia. 
Haynie, Price G., Malta Bend. 
Harris, Fred H., Chillicothe. 
Harn, Mrs. J. S., R. 4, Maryville. 
Hoppe, M. W., Poplar Bluff. 



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Hitchcock, L. C, Qulin. 

Hoberg, John, Monett. 

Haeberle, Mrs. F., 3206 Herbert St., St. 

Louis. 
Hatch, P. E., 1010 W. 39th St., Kansas 

City. 
Henderson, John, Swart. 
Huscher, Leonard K., Higginsville. 
Harness, A. L., 2434 Denver, Kansas City. 
Houston, Mrs. H. C, Warrensburg. 
Hershey, Mrs. Lou, Keytesville. 
Hunt, Mrs. Ethel, R. 1, Mexico. 
Heim, Rudolph F., 1111 Ashland Ave., St. 

Joseph. 
Harrison, Edwin, Greenfield. 
Houser, F. S., Marshfield. 
Hoffmeister, C. W., Jackson. 
Hoffmeister, Dick, Jackson. 
Hershey, Mrs. J. L., Keytesville. 
Haseltine, Mrs. Edwin, Springfield. 
Harper, R. F., Bertrand. 
Harris, T. C, Windsor. 
Holland, Geo., Louisiana. 
Hart, J. A., R. 1, Osgood. 
Isaacs, J. V., Poplar Bluff. 
Jackson, J. W., Paris. 
Johnson, Mrs. Art, Kingsville. 
Jones, C. S., Lamar. 
Jones, W. J., Ethel. 
Jones, Leland, "Warrensburg. 
Johnson, L., R. 2, Box 112, St. Joseph. 
Jasechke, Rev., A. M., R. 3, Highland, 

111. 
Jones, Mrs. E. H., Pleasanton, Kan. 
Jennings, Hillory, 2018 Arch St., Little 

Rock, Arkansas. 
Jones, Gomer, Glenearlyn, Va. 
Komo, Nicholas, 4369 Beck Ave., St. Louis. 
Kolb, John, R. 2, California. 
Kopman, Fred, St. Charles. 
Knotwell, Mrs. Mary, Norwood. 
Keller, G. A., 3205 Lafayette, St. Joseph. 
Key, E. M., 210 E. 33rd St., Kansas City. 
Kuhlman, Mrs. Jno., Dalton. 
Kettering, Mrs. D., 3531 E. 6th, Kansas 

City. 
Kenert, Richard, 4024 Cornelia, St. Louis. 
Kinney, Miss Alice, New Franklin. 
Kraft, John H., 4229 N. Bdwy., St. Louis. 
Knauer, Fred, 1425 Silverton PI., Rich- 
mond Heights. 
Kinealy. Sarah W., 8403 Newly St.. St. 

Louis. 
Loveridge, Arthur D., Harrison ville. 
Lane, W. H., Chilhowee. 
Lindsey, Geo., Sedalia. 
Lightner, Mrs. Jennie, Chula. 
Ludwig, Mrs. E. D., Waynoka, Okla. 
Lewis, Mrs. F. C, R. 1, Jonesboro, Ark. 
Layton, Mrs. Ben., R. 3, De Kalb. 
Lamkin, Uel. W., Clinton. 
Lenord, R. T., Parksville. 
Lovelock, R. F., Harrisonville. 
Lovelace. Mrs. D. W., Windsor. 
Lammert, Clem, St. Charles. 
Miller. J. R., 1026 Lindcll Ave., Hannibal. 
Mcrryman, T. C, Laredo. 

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Mandlin, N. M., R. 2, Allendale. 

Mosselle Ranch & Poultry Co., 811 Wash- 
ington, St. Louis. 

Montague, R. V., Marshall. 

Marsh, Geo. W., 3015 S. Jefferson, St. 
Louis. 

Medler, E. A., Harris & Florissant, St. 
Louis. 

Meyer, Edw., California. 

Millen, Mrs. J. H., Dexter. 

Minershagen, A. H., Higginsville. 

Morris, Henry, New Cambria. 

Martin, Isaac N., Lamar. 

Minor, F. M., Louisiana. 

Mathes, A. P., Eagleville. 

Miller, J. W., R. 1, Dexter. 

Miller, W. A., Columbia. 

More, Ben, Linkville. 

Miller, W. A., 508 S. 5th, Columbia. 

Model Grocery, Rolla. 

Marshall, E. W., 5030 Paseo, Kansas City. 

Manhart, John, New Cambria. 

Mulkey, Mrs. May, R. 3, Seymour. 

Maxey, Mrs. Wilbur, Hickory. 

Mueller, L. H., Wellsville. 

Merkle, Ed., Windsor. 

Muff, Chas., Trenton. 

McDonald, L. P., Moberly. 

McDonald, A. W., Elsberry. 

McKnight, G. B., 612 S. Main, Nevada. 

McKissick, Miss Anna, R. 1, Box 7, Gower. 

McNew, J. F., Cowgill. 

McDonald, D. E., Maryville. 

McFarland, W. E., Paris. 

McAdam, C. H., Greenville, 111. 

McNary, Mrs. J. Rea, R. 1, Chanute, Kan. 

Nolte, Edwin, 5337 N. Bdwy., St. Louis. 

Norman, F. B., Chillicothe. 

Noland, J. R., Edgerton. 

Norman, Earl, Chillicothe. 

Norman, W. V., Chillicothe. 

Needham, Mrs. S. E., R. 1, Stotts City. 

Nelson, Fred, Webb City. 

Nichols, E. P., 515 N. 25th St., St. Joseph. 

O'Brien, J., Louisiana. 

Osborn, Jas. N., 706 Bell St., St. Joseph. 

Owens, J. C, Lee Summit. 

Owen, C. F., Willard. 

Pierce, W. A., La Belle. 

Petty, E. H., Kennett. 

Pearson, Thos. S., Laddonia. 

Powell, Dr. C. E., Elsberry. 

Pope, Wm., 2901 Mitchell Ave., St. Joseph. 

Putz, John G., Jackson. 

Peters, Wm. T., Springfield. 

Pridemore, John H., Chula. 

Pratt, H. A., Crystal City. 

Paulding, Clayton, Greenville, 111. 

Page, Mrs. J. A., R. 5, Adrian. 

Paschall, Jas. B., 6001 Tennessee, St. Louis. 

Poor, A. E., Braymer. 

Pape, Mrs. H. W., Perryville. 

Patten, G. H., Kirkwood. 

Pierce, J. W., Pleasant Hope. 

Renfro, W. E., Galena. 

Rice, N. O., R. 4, Moberly. 

Rodes, T. T., Paris. 



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Reed, Dr. W. L., Mexico. 
Robinson, C. A., Kirksville. 
Rader, John M., R. 6, Richmond. 
Ramsey, W. A., Birch Tree. 
Ralph, Mrs. Fred., Mendon. 
Ross, Mrs. E. A., Deepwater. 
Redden, S. R., St. Charles. 
Robinson, Mrs. W. S.. R. 3, Butler. 
Rice, Mrs. L. E., Hickory. 
Rice, Dr. F. D., Lucerne. 
Rudolph, Geo. H., 3624 Junita, St. Louis. 
Rawnsley-Shields P. Farm, Sta. B, Colum- 
bus, O. 
Robertson, Mrs. Wm. X., Frankford. 
Raun, Frank F., 210 Glen Rd„ Webster 

Groves. 
Sisler, R. A., Dexter. 
Spalding, Gus A., Louisiana. 
Search, Hattie, Seymour. 
Stumpff, Mrs. L. J., Kingsville. 
Smith, Oscar, Holden. 
Surguine, Miss Martha, Oswego. 
Smedley, J. D., Ethel. 
Shanight, T. R., Ethel. 
Smith, P. S., Kennett. 
Smith, Joe, Louisiana. 
Streby, H. L., R. 1, Jophn. 
Shelton, Geo. J., "Windsor. 
Spencer, Mrs. Robt., R. 2, Brashear. 
Sears, R. E., Greenwood. 
Smith, Mrs. Clem, R. 4, Lawson. 
Schaefer, E., Dexter. 
Stone, J. M., Palmyra. 
Searce, Mrs. W. L., Gower. 
Sturges, John. Perrin. 
Sutherlin, F. E., Greenwood. 
Staples, X. M., MarceUne. 
Swarthout, E. J., 2625 Kings Highway, St. 

Louis. 
Sexauer, Miss Lizzie, Ste. Genevieve. 
Simpson, A. J., Brunswick. 
Stone, J. M., R. 6, Columbia. 
Selken, C. A.. Smithton. 
Steury, Geo., 906 Phillips, Springfield. 
Turney, Mrs. C. B., Edgerton. 
Tholborn, W. H., Webb City. 
Thornton, J. C, Louisiana. 
Teasdale, M. C, 6562 Curtis Ave., Wellston. 
Thomas, Miss Margie, 2001 Terrace PL, 

Nashville, Term. 
Vance, Mrs. J. O., Keytesville. 
Vars, E. G., 617 E. 10th, Sedalia. 
Yandeventer, Frank B., R. 4, Kansas City. 

Kan. 
Vickery, Mrs. M. J., Arkoe. 
White, Mrs. Ida, R. 3, Ozark. 
Wholf, Wm. P., Orrick. 
Wilkerson & Caldwell, Windsor. 
Wendt, Ed, Box 135, Alma. 
Woodard, Wm. Garrett, Windsor. 
Wilson, A. A., 3822 E. 10th St., Kansas 

City. 
Wenrich, Mrs. D. M., Leeton. 
Walker, Mrs. W. H., R. 1, Darlington. 
Williams, Mrs. Sadie, 701 Normal Ave.. 

Warrensburg. 
Walker, J. S., Joplin. 



Wright, Mrs. John, Wheeling. 
Wolfrom, Adam, Poplar Blufl 8 . 
Weber, E., 1051 Tuxedo Blvd., Webster 

Groves. 
Waldron, J, P., 4614 E. 7th, Kansas City. 
Wright, J. M., Goldsberry. 
Warthen. A. C, Koshkonong. 
Wickersham, W. K., Koshokonong. 
Whitt, Geo. X., Greenville. 
Williams, Russell, Montrose. 
Wilkenning, Rev. Wm., R. 2, Warrenton. 
Washburn, J. S., Groavis Mills. 
Weinrich, Wm. F., 303 S. Main, St. Charles. 
West, H. E., R. 2, Dexter. 
Zeysing, Mrs. S. C, Waverly. 

R. C. BUFF ORPINGTONS. 

Busten. Everett, Callao. 

Burton. Geo. W., 1711 Center St., St. 
Joseph. 

BLACK ORPINGTONS. 

Brychts, H. P., 2603 Duncan St., St. Joseph. 

Balloure, Victor, Caruthersville. 

Burnett, S. H., R. 4, Xorborne. 

Byington, W. B., Farmington. 

Clark, Ashley, Ste. Genevieve. 

Cawble, C. S., Phenix. 

Darrell, Mrs. T. J., Galena. 

Durnal, B. C, Memphis. 

Dowse, I., R. 5, Xevada. 

Emry, Judge C. A., 3109 Parshall, Kansas 
City, Kan. 

Feldman, C. V., 3662 Lafayette Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Gladish, Jas., Higginsville. 

Huber, Edmond A., Perryville. 

Hall, Robert, Kennett. 

Hille, Mrs. Laura B., Alba. 

Jaschke, Rev. A. M., R. 3, Highland, 111. 

Jenkins, O. L., Sikeston. 

Komo, Xicholas, 4369 Beck Ave., St. Louis. 

Klumph, C. J., Xevada. 

Lovelace, W. H., Elsberry. 

Linder, Emmett, R. 2, Kirksville. 

Lovelock, Ralph, Peculiar. 

McDonald L. P., Moberly. 

McCain, Rev. X. H., Lee's Summit. 

Rabenau, Henry G., 3516 Bamberger. St. 
Louis. 

Selzer, W. H., Farmington. 

Schwarze, L. H., 4122 Taft, St. Louis. 

Steckel, Clarence, White Hall. 111. 

Thompson, Mrs. J. P., Frankford. 

Taylor, Hon. Talbert, Houston. 

White, J. M., Lamar. 

Winkler, Willie, Gordonville. 

Walker, J. S., Jophn. 

White. Mrs. Lilly, Wheeling. 

Wills, Mrs. Robt., Farmington. 

Wilson, John M., Fredericktown. 

Wells, Oliver, Marshfield. 

Ward, A. X., Flat River. 

Wicker, Chas. E.. 1447 Robinson. Spring- 
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WHITE ORPINGTONS. 

Alderton, Percy E., 2247 Fair Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Adams, Ed.. Rosendale. 
Avadie, E. H., Kirkwood. 
Allison, J. R., Bunceton. 
Ames, H. X.. Marceline. 
Andrews, E. L., Maryville. 
Abrahamson, Mrs. Ida, 6740 Yernon Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Brown, B. G., Chillicothe. 
Brown, A. S., Cameron. 
Byler, TV. O., Bucklin. 
Bowman, TV. T., Dexter. 
Bowman, B. TV., Dexter. 
Bried, D. TV., Union. 
Blain, Dr. Geo. J., TVellsville. 
Bochert, Harry C, 4281 Nat. Bridge Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Brook, R. T., Harrisonville. 
Buchanan, F. TV., 2522 N. Yandeventer, St. 

Louis. 
Bondurant, A. R., Paris. 
Bertels, Miss Christina, Martinsburg. 
Brady, Jno. F., 914 TVashington, Inde- 
pendence. 
Baker, Y. L., La Belle. 
Beckerman, John, Ste. Genevieve. 
Blattner, Geo., TV right City. 
Blanton, Mrs. M. E., Fredericktown. 
Butler, Bert, Chillicothe. 
Baitz, Geo., Chillicothe. 
Brockschmidt, Henry, Freistatt. 
Brandon, Mrs. Jno. F., Bosworth. 
Berry, C. F., Cole Camp. 
Boyce, L. E., Trenton. 

Brunsen, Geo., 5011 Alaska Ave., St. Louis. 
Belsey, Mrs. Geo. TV., 338 Fairlawn Ave., 

TVebster Groves. 
Brown. Chas. H., 1287 Sutter Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Bridges, Ivy D., R. 1, Allendale. 
Balkey, TV. E., Randolph. 
Beacon, TV. E., Paris. 
Branch, Philip Q., 3129 Morgan St., St. 

Louis. 
Burmister, Frank B., E. St. Louis, 111. 
Christopher, Miss Claire, TVarrensburg. 
Craig, TV. D., Galena. 
Cardwell, S. M., Carterville. 
Carlo, Tom, 3277 Sublette Ave., St. Louis. 
Cowen, T. B., TVebb City. 
Cannon, M. E., Bucklin. 
Chrisman Poultry Farm, Liberty. 
Cawble, C. S., Phenix. 
Clark, A. L., R. 1, Thayer. 
Clark, J. TV., 4015 Florissant Ave., St. Louis. 
Cable, Mrs. G. TV., Cleveland. 
Callison. A. B., R. 1, Medoc. 
Conrad, John I., R. 2, Fredericktown. 
Culli, Fred, 4535 Ray Ave., St. Louis. 
Curtis, if. P., Cole Camp. 
Call, Will H., Cabool. 
Caseldine, Mrs. J. O., R. 1, Braymer. 
Corder, Frank, King City. 
Drummond & Co., Unionville. 



Decker, A. R., Flat River. 

Doran, N„ La Belle. 

Dillen, Chas. TV., 6900 Smiley Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Durnal, B. C, Memphis.. 

DeMoulin, Arthur, R. 32, Ferguson. 

Davis, Eugene, Sarcoxie. 

Duck, TV. L., Schell City. 

Daffron, Mrs. Georgia, Greenville. 

Depke, A.. 2420 N. Taylor, St. Louis. 

Emison Mr. & Mrs. D. H., Napton. 

Eggimann, O. E. f Cape Girardeau. 

Esser, Henry, Cole Camp. 

Estill, F. B., King City. 

Eggner, J. H., R. 2, Paducah, Ky. 

Flannery, Hugh, Bloomfield. 

Fairbanks, J. O., Springfield. 

Foremen, Dr. J. C, TVarrenton. 

Frost, J. B., Poplar Bluff. 

Fullick, J. E., Trenton. 

Fisher, Herman D., Dexter. 

Freeman, TVm., Dodson. 

Finn, Bernard, Sarcoxie. 

Froman, P. A., Cameron. 

Forbis, Mrs. L. P., Albany. 

Gillum, TV. TV., Barnett. 

Garnant, Mrs. M. M., R. 2, Kidder. 

Galloway, Chas., Lamar. 

Gillham, J. A., Farmington. 

Graham, J. C, 5007 Idaho Ave., St. Louis. 

Galloway, Jess, Jenkins. 

George, Claud, R. 5, Platte City. 

Galding, TVm., R. F. D., Quitman. 

Glosier, E. J., 2861 Laclede Rd., Maple- 
wood. 

Golding, TYm. M., Quitman. 

Gierse, Mrs. Chas., Farmington. 

Gager, Owen, R. 5, Joplin. 

Gregory, J. L., Poplar Bluff. 

Gruebbel, Dr. A. TV., Concordia. 

Gunderson, R. F., Egan, S. Dakota. 

Harrelson, Martin, Belton. 

Harley, Dr. S. E., Centralia. 

Huh, Clifford, Maryville. 

Harlan, A. M., Sedalia. 

Herzog, Henry. Ste. Genevieve. 

Houghton. Miss Helen, Rich Hill. 

Hyde, TV. TV., Parma. 

Homes & Ehrhardt, Salisbury. 

Hampe, Otto, 4635 Virginia Ave., St. Louis. 

Hoey, Gerald, Creighton. 

Hunt, A. TV., Hemple. 

Howell, TV. E., New Cambria. 

Hammond, J. L., Memphis. 

Horner, H. H., R. 4, Merriam, Kan. 

Hanley, C. L., R. 6, Sedalia. 

Horwitz, Mrs. L., 3371 Commonwealth Ave., 
St Louis. 

Huntley, Mrs. S. E., El Dorado Springs. 

Howard, E. S., Poplar Bluff. 

Housmann, Chas., 5210 Theodosia, St. 
Louis. 

Hilgert, J. J. A., Kimmswick. 

Hays, Aubry, R. 2, Fortuna. 

Huebel, TVm. A., Cape Girardeau. 

Irish, C. C. Chillicothe. 

Jffri^, Hubert J., St. Peters. 



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Jaronitzky, Otto, De Soto. 

Jones, John T., New Cambria. 

Jones J. Bert, New Cambria. 

Jones, Mrs. E. H., Pleasanton, Kan. 

Junge, E. L., Cole Camp. 

Jalageas, Frank Jr., Benjamin. 

Jones, Mrs. V. H., 950 Providence, Webster 
Groves. 

Kendall, W. R., 1215 N. Noland St., Inde- 
pendence. 

Keskey, D. C, S. Jefferson St., Webb City. 

Kness, Ira J., Bismarck. 

Kinnaird, Mrs. A. J., Carrollton. 

Krueger, Wm. Jr., 1818 S. Compton, St. 
Louis. 

Keller, G. A., 3205 Lafayette, St. Joseph. 

Kilchell, Dr. E. A., 3160 Keokuk, St. Louis. 

Kline, G. A., 1828 Elmwood, Kansas City. 

Kelly, Clyde, E., 1922 Missouri Ave., Spring- 
field. 

Landsdell, A. C, Kennett. 

Lundy, Mrs. Grace, Webb City. 

Lamar, Mrs. Robt., Houston. 

Loy, Mrs. T. H., R. 4, Aurora. 

Lightner, Mrs. Jennie, Chula. 

Low, Mrs. James, Syenite. 

Lindley, D. M., Ethel. 

Lennord, Mrs. Lindie, R. 8, Mountain Grove. 

Lohr, Mrs. J. S. A., 3411 Chestnut, Kansas 
City. 

Love, G. M., Carterville. 

Lustenberger, Jacob, R. 2, St. Joseph. 

Lovelock, Ralph, Peculiar. 

Linfoot, Geo. B., 6275 Famous Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Lovelock, R. F., Harrison ville. 

Layman, Geo. M., Greenville, 111. 

Long, B. F., Kimmswick. 

Lundy, F. C, Webb City. 

Morris, H. W., Galena. 

Moore Ralph, Kennett. 

Marshall, Mrs. B. F., Knobnoster. 

Mizener, W. H., Edgerton. 

Montgomery, Mrs. Jno. A., Dexter. 

Mertens, Jas. C, St. Charles. 

Menne, Geo. A., Cottleville. 

Martin, Frank, R. 3, Maryville. 

Moore, A. L., Joplin. 

Motz, Theo. C, 340 E. Jefferson, Kirk- 
wood. 

Manima, J. C, Branson. 

Meyer, F., R. 3, St. Charles. 

Mitchell, Claud L., 2418 Quiney, Kansas 
City. 

Marglous, Theo. H., R. 28 Ashby Rd. & 
Fairview Ave., St. Louis Co. 

Murdock, Mrs. W. V., R. 4, Milan. 

Miller, C. C, R. 5, Dexter. 

Muntzel, Mrs. Geo. M., R. 1, Boonville. 

Meek, H. O., Brunswick. 

Modrow, J. W. Jr., 4445 Madison, Kansas 
City. 

Mahoney, E. J., R. 4, Dexter. 

Moles, Mrs. G. T., R. 3, Butler. 

Miller, John P., New Cambria. 

Manhart, John, New Cambria. 

Mohnkern, Wm., Box 624, Poplar Bluff. 



Morgan, Dr. S. W., Shawneetown. 

McMurtry, Ed, 1326 Cleveland Ave., Kan- 
sas City. 

McDonald, Lee L., 405 Crosby-Fairell 
Bldg., St. Joseph. 

McDowell, Herbert, Kaiser. 

McGregor, Arthur J., R. 5, Box 23, Spring- 
field. 

McCutchen, Mrs. Louis, Campbell. 

Needles, S. W., Albany. 

Newcomb, Mrs. I. S., Willow Springs. 

Niblack, W. G., Jackson. 

Neese, HE., Wellington. 

Osborn, W. T., Gallatin. 

Oetting, Otto W., R. 2, Concordia. 

Precht, Wm. T., 4332 Ellenwood, St. 
Louis. 

Pendergast, Thos., 6922 Pennsylvania, St. 
Louis. 

Platte Co. Argus, Platte City. 

Petrequin, Harry, Ste. Genevieve. 

Parish, W. J., Chillicothe. 

Powell, E. Gray, 1122 Powell St., St. 
Joseph. 

Paullus, Mrs. Mary, Cold Water. 

Petty, Miss Irene, Versailles. 

Potter, L. G., Memphis. 

Pool, Jim, Kennett. 

Peightel, J. C, Seymour. 

Rosier, Mrs. E. H., Butler. 

Rodes, T. T., Paris. 

Rhinearson, A. V., Ste. Genevieve 

Rogers, Mrs. Wm., Elsberry. 

Reece, J. T., Galena. 

Rolfe, H. I., Webb City. 

Spalding, Gus A., Louisiana. 

Sears, W. H., Clarence. 

Stemlinger, Mrs. Osie, Elsberry. 

Speiser, Chas., Greencastle. 

Scherer, Chas., San Antonio, Tex. 

Spencer, Mary, R. 8, St. Joseph. 

Stevenson, Marion, 7321 Myrtle, Maple 
wood. 

Sander, E. C, Higginsville. 

Sprowls, J. L., Bourbon. 

Shy, Mrs. D. E., Knobnoster. 

Sherman, Mrs. Wm. Sr., R. 2, Rea. 

Smiley, F. L., Wheeling. 

Schaefer, E., Dexter. 

Smith, A., Savannah. 

Sturges, John, Perrin. 

Sloan, Dora, Boonville. 

Snow, Robt. B., Ferguson. 

Snelson, J. W., Sligo. 

Schwarze, L. H., 4122 Taft, St. Louis. 

Scudder, M. G., Central City, Neb. 

Schuerman, Herbert, 1258 Delaware, St. 
Louis. 

Schwont. A. H., 4229 Beethoven, St. Louis. 

Schinpf, A. P., 3181 Portis PI., St. Louis. 

Shrum, Thos. H., R. 1, Kennett. 

Tucker, Mrs. E. L. Frankford. 

Tharp, Geo. H., Cameron. 

Tallent, O. S., Tallent. 

Tread way, E. L., Chula. 

Taggart, J. B., Seymour. 

Tucker, H. E., Platte City. 



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Thornberry, Julia S., Galena. 

Todd, G. W., Golden City. 

Tetley, Arthur, Kennett. 

Uthoft, Fred H., 915a S. Boyle, St. Louis. 

Vickers, Mrs. James, Mayview. 

Wallace, R. F., Maryville. 

Walsh, Dr. R. E., Fredericktown. 

Williams, Mrs. Sudie, 701 Normal Ave., 
Warrensburg. 

Wolfrom, Adam, Poplar Bluff. 

Weyland, H. P., Tipton. 

West, Dr. C. O., New Cambria. 

Williams, Earl, Lamar. 

Watts, E. H., Elsbury. 

Warthen, A. C, Koshkonong. 

Weir, D. H., 308 Bonhomme Ave., Clayton. 

Wetzel. Val. Greenfield. 

Williams, Mrs. W. E., S. W. Blvk., Carth- 
age, Mo. 

Wallace, Mrs. Henry, R. 1, Bogard. 

Widdicombe, Josiah, 3008 Bartold Ave., 
Maplewood. 

Wolff, Henry, Leslie. 

Wilkerson, Mrs. J. F., Marshfield. 

Williams, Tom T., R. 1, Battlefield. 

Warne, Walter, Box 234, Carterville. 

Weber, Hy. C, 2428 Alcott Ave., St. Louis. 

Wiegmann, Earle, E. 5120 Minerva Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Wallar S. W., Marceline. 

Young, David, R. 1, Dexter. 

Zerbst, E. A., 2725 Mitchell Ave., St. 
Joseph. 

R. C. WHITE ORPINGTONS. 

Mangels, Henry, 4024 Meramac, St. Louis. 

BLUE ORPINGTONS. 

Brenshr, Wm., Granite City, 111. 
Lennie, O. A., Platte City. 
McAdams, C. H., Greenville, 111. 
Oakes, Robt., Frankford. 

S. C. W. LEGHORNS. 

Addoms, Dr. C. C, Sullivan. 

Arras, Louis P., 3832 Marine Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Alspach, J. E., Cowgill. 
Archambeau, J. H., Perry. 
Armstrong Bros., Arthur. 

Adams, Robt. E., 4549 Ashland, St. Louis. 
Anderson, Jorgen, 1614 Hamilton Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Bell, Frank E., R. 2, Corder. 
Benson, M. S., De Soto. 
Barrett, Mrs. Elbert L., R. 4, Springfield. 
Berger, F. A., 2830 A. N. 21 St., St. Louis. 
Batt, Wm.. Grant City. 
Bailey, S. P., Versailles. 
Bestman. J. H., Palmyra. 
Barnett, Mrs. Fred, 7241 Delta Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Brower. Cady F., R. I, Mt. Washington. 
Brown, M. O., Desloge. 



Boyer, W. F., care Merchants Cafe, St. 

Joseph. 
Brown, Mrs. L. L., Creighton. 
Bonney, W. S., Perrin. 

Billion-Galleys Poultry Farm, R. 4, Joplin. 
Boland, J. F., Minnith. 
Bolz, Gus., 3218 Dakota St., St. Louis. 
Brasfield, Natl. L., Union ville. 
Brown, F. E., Thayer. 
Bohr, Rev. O., Woolridge. 
Brumme, Fred W., R. 3, St. Charles. 
Bock, Martin J., Poplar Bluff. 
Beard, Mrs. R. A., Eldon. 
Brannon, J. W., Farmington. 
Berte, Harry, Lee's Summit. 
Brown, Mrs. M. V., R. 31, Montrose. 
Bast, Mrs. L. G., Columbia. 
Boelmur, S., 2209 Clarence Ave., St. Louis. 
Broneling, M. M., 6204 Marmaduke, St. 

Louis. 
Brinkmann, Edw. K., 4326 John Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Barrion, Edw. M., 1136 Aubert Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Brennan, Wm., Marion ville. 
Burgam, Paul, Carrollton. 
Benedict, W. F., Moberly. 
Barnett, H. C, Moberly. 
Ballagh, W. T., Nevada. 
Burks, W. H., Bolivar. 
Bruett, Will J., Farmington. 
Bella Vista Farm Co., W. Kimmswick. 
Benson, Floyd, R. 4, Golden City. 
Bowman, John J., Bonne Terre. 
Bosanko, Harry, 1723 California Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Burch, A. J., R. 23, Ferguson. 
Baeumner, J. D., R. 4, Kimmswick. 
Burmister, Frank B., E. St. Louis, 111. 
Bush, Mrs. B. F., 30 Portland PL, St. Louis. 
Boenninghausen, Joe, 3535 Missouri Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Brueggermann, D. J., 4316 N. 20th St., St. 

Louis. 
Barnett, D. Burney, Harrison ville. 
Betts, W. H., 3327 McCausland, St. Louis. 
Carson, W. J., 829 Hazel St., Hannibal. 
Culver, Mrs. Mary, King City. 
Castle, James, 37 E. Big Bend Rd., Webster 

Groves. 
Cramer, B. C, Sarcoxie. 
Clark, F. J., Harrisonville. 
Collins, Homer, R. 3, Ozark. 
Case, D. P., Anderson, Ind. 
Clover Leaf Poultry Farm, Eagleville. 
Cline, L. E., Columbia. 
Cole, J. E., R. 2, Independence. 
Cunningham, L. Y., 311 N. Union, Inde- 
pendence. 
Clark, J. L., 314 N. 5th St., Hannibal. 
Cross, Walter, Desloge. 
Connell, J. P., Centaur. 

Coffin, L. F., 1056 Union Ave., Kansas City. 
Cordill, Robt. M., R. 3, St. Joseph. 
Chester, Geo. J., 6763 Wise Ave., St. Louis. 
Collins, Wm. P., 5655 N. Market, St. Louis. 
Combs, Mrs. E. S., Kansas City, Kan. 



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Collins, A. P., R. 3, Mt. Grove. 

Duerr, Mrs. Jos., Perry ville. 

Decker, L. H., 2214 Kansas Ave., Kansas 

City. 
Dammer, Henry G., Krakow. 
Daily, W. W., Brunswick. 
Devan, A. C, Box 123, Farmington. 
Davis, Jno. A., Harrison ville. 
Davison, Eugene, Aullville. 
Davidson, Judge M. B., Joplin. 
Donovan, Mrs. W. T., 2204 Kiclen Ave., 

Wellston. 
Davidson, Mrs. Mary, Joplin. 
Dewey, Mrs. Caddie, Keytesville. 
Dye, Fred W., Sherman, Okla. 
Deal, C. O., R. 2, St. Joseph. 
Dowdy, O. C, Mt. Grove. 
Demme, Frank J., 4604 St. Louis Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Driscoll, Wm., Stanton. 
Dauster, Frank J., Creve Coeur. 
Delapp, Sol. D., Neosho. 
Divinia, Mrs. J. M., Cameron. 
Elliott, Seth A., Grant City. 
Eller, W. 8... Mexico. 
Entrikin, E. G., Cameron. 
Elkins, A. L., Bertrand. 
Ewing, Mrs. N. Y., Odessa. 
Edwards, Paul R., 8501 S. Broadway, St. 

Louis. 
English, Thos. H., Glendale, Arizona. 
Elle, Walter, Jr., 7508 Minnesota Ave., 

St .Louis. 
Erim, G. K., 2024 Cherokee St., St. Louis. 
Elliott, Sam J., Windsor. 
Eaker, Wilbur, Lutesville. 
Exne, W. F., 3917 Hartford St., St. Louis. 
Elliott, Edw. E., 5251 Page Ave., St. Louis. 
Eaves, Russell, Box 397, Washington. 
Floyd, Ed. J., Mt. Grove. 
Finley, Roy, Tipton. 
Fritts, O. C, Gerald. 
Flanders, Mrs. D. G., R. 3, Rolla. 
Fisher, Miss Ellen, Preston. 
Fink, Mrs. Agnes, 4216 Bates St., St. Louis. 
Fischer, J. M., R. 1, Box 76, De Soto. 
Farland, Tom M., Jackson. 
Freeman, Wm., Dodson. 
Friesz, Mrs. Henry, Keytesville. 
Frazier, S. T., 4222 Harris Ave., St. Louis. 
Felling, A. J., 1902 Bellview, St. Joseph. 
Fry, W. W., Mexico. 
Flamm, John H., R. 4, Kimmswick. 
Faucett, C. H., 737 S. Grant, Springfield. 
Firth, O. F., R. 2, Cowgill. 
Felland, A. T., 2339 Sulphur Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Fischer, Albert, 5231 Kensington, St. Louis. 
Gray, Mrs. L. E., R. 4, Poplar Bluff. 
Groth, B. L., R. 4, Webster Groves. 
Griffin, Miss Amy, Russellville. 
Grigsby, Dr. P. S., Louisiana. 
Gladish, Jas., Higgins ville. 
Gisi, Aug M., St. Marys. 
Gage, A., Seymour. 

Gabbert, Mrs. Chas, 2302 Wall, St., Joplin. 
Gwengerich, C. H., Joplin. 



Goldthwait, A. O., Box 134, E. Wellston. 

Gibbons, Mrs. Nannie E., Lee's Summit. 

Graves, Clive C, Maryville. 

Graham, J. W., R. 3, Sedalia. 

Gilbert, Fred, Marshfield. 

Grisham, Mrs. Geo., Salisbury. 

Gausman, Henry, 1125 Harnsby Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Grow, C. M. Jr., Fulton. 
Gager, Owen, R. 5, Joplin. 
Glaub, Andrew F., Maplewood. 
Gerber, G. T., R. 3, Dalton, Ohio. 
Goodwin Poultry Farm Co., Marshall Ave. 

and Wellston Sta., St. Louis. 
Gillespie, R. M., 1346 Aubert Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Grant, J. M., South Whitley, Ind. 
Gillett, Mrs. E. M., R. 1, Hamilton. 
Harper, R. F., Bertrand. 
Henry, E., 5706 Moffitt Ave., St. Louis. 
Holcomb, R., Monteer. 
Haddox, Wm., Webb City. 
Haley, A. Clark, Louisiana. 
Huck, Ben B., Ste. Genevieve. 
Harlan, J. F., College Mound. 
Hunter, E. O., 921 Pierce Bldg., St. Louis. 
Hastain, Geo. W., R. 8, Clinton. 
Hoppe, A. J., Creve Coeur. 
Hyde, W. W., Parma. 
Howitt, Mrs. A. J., King City. 
Hartnell, Wm., Post Oak. 
Holcomb, E. W., Poplar Bluff. 
HiU, Bert, River Mines. 

Hermle, J. H., 2031 Obear Ave., St. Louis. 
Hamilton, R. H., Box 383, Pleasant Hill. 
Haw-Lind Poultry Farm, Care of Scottish 

Rite Temple, Kansas City, Kan. 
Huning, W., 2923 Abner PL, St. Louis. 
Higginbotham, Mrs. R. L., Ashley. 
Hubbard, Mrs. Mary, R. 2, Spruce. 
Hinerman, S. S., Marshfield. 
Heaton, Elmer, R. 4. New Cambria. 
Hudson, F. R., Box 236, Windsor. 
Harrison, D. F., Cameron. 
Harmon, Dr. B. R., 326! South St., Spring- 
field. 
Howell, G. A., Paris. 
Hogan, Milton W., Adrian. 
Hackman, Leo A., 1436 Union Blvd., St. 

Louis. 
Hickel, Geo., 2816 Wyoming St., St. Louis. 
Holmes, Mrs. J. J., Minden, La. 
Heckel, E., 4422 Ellenwood Ave., St. Louis. 
Henckel, H., 814 Moffitt Ave., Joplin. 
Hellwig, Chas., 3554 Gravois Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Hohn, F. W., 6633 Wise Ave., St. Louis. 
Hopewell, Chas. E., 836 Providence Ave., 

Webster Groves. 
Harris, Jas. V., 2214 Montana St., St. 

Louis. 
Hermann, Miss Garnett L., Care of River 

Lumber Co., Hannibal. 
Hauber, C. J., 704 S. 14th St., St Joseph. 
Isaacs, J. V., Poplar Bluff. 
Ifabe, Max, 2316a Arkansas Ave., St 

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lshmael, Mrs. Josie, Prior. 

Johnson, F. S M Carter ville. 

Janssen, Fred A., 2554 Pal St., St. Louis. 

Jones, Evie R., R. 4, New Cambria. 

Jones, J. M. & P. M., R. 4, New Cambria. 

Jones, E. B., R. 4, New Cambria. 

Junge, Henry T., R. 3, Cole Camp. 

Jones, J. E., 1384 Montclaire Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Johnson, Mrs. Lucy, Bosworth. 

Kordenbrock, Geo. J., 5902 Old Manchester 
Rd., St. Louis. 

Knapp, Geo. F., Pendleton. 

Kness, Ira J., Bismarck. 

Kruse, Herman M., Kirkwood. 

Kloeper, Fred, 4160 Bates St., St. Louis. 

Kirkpatrick, Thos. W., 3105 Penn St., St. 
Joseph. 

Kindel, R. S., Mt. View. 

Keller, Ira E., Lexington. 

Krous, R. J., Edwardsville, 111. 

Kitchell, Frank L., Rolla. 

Koeh, Adolph, 2236 Plover Ave., St. Louis. 

Kelley, Hiland D., S. S. Sta. Box 355, Spring- 
field. 

Kinney, Miss Alice, New Franklin. 

Karrenbrock, H. E., 7317 Michigan Ave., 
St. Louis. 

Kalbe, C. C, 3532 Henrietta St., St. Louis. 

Labahn, C. J., Lincoln. 

Liggett, G. D , Carthage. 

Langehennig, W. G., Jackson. 

Lewis, W. G., Cape Girardeau. 

Lehmann, R. O., Oakland, Ore. 

Lynes, T. W., Fulton. 

Long, Chas. D., 1944a Forest Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Leftwich, J. G., 3237 Seneca, St. Joseph. 

Ludewig, A. V., Sedalia. 

Lamm, Fred, De Soto. 

Lambert, Wm. M., 2962 Arlington Ave., 
St. Louis. 

Lynch, Frank H., Moberly. 

Livingston, Edwin, R. 1, Rea. 

Love, Dr. W. S., Bertrand. 

Mefford, J. M., Frankford. 

Merkle, Ed, Windsor. 

Masters, O., Carthage. 

Mooney, J. R., Butler. 

Matthews, Chas. B., Kirks ville. 

Murray, E. A., Box 209, Jefferson Barracks. 

Morgan, Dr. W. B., Steelville. 

Missman, Chas., 3920 Virginia Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Myers, L. M., Appleton. 

Meyers, Louis, 4857 St. Louis Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Muller, Otto, 1059 Garth Ave., St. Louis. 

Muller, Emil, Monroe Ave., Kirkwood. 

Millen Mrs. J. H., Dexter. 

Martin, J. W., Dexter. 

Martin, Tom, Quitman. 

Maudy, W. B., Harrisonville. 

Manthei, Paul, Bourbon. 

Markley, Mrs. Edw., Warrensburg. 

Motz, Theo. C, 340 E. Jefferson, Kirk- 
wood. 



Marrinan, Joseph, 1017 Lincoln St., St. 

Joseph. 
Mohler, Ezra, Plattsburg. 
Myers, Dr. C. A., Coldwater. 
Mitchell, Chas. A., R. 1, Box 53, Kansas 

City, Kan. 
Meyers, Frank A., Reynolds. 
Meesey, Clarence, S. 2751a Park Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Mars, W. T., 235 E. Washington Ave., 

Kirkwood. 
Mesnier, Theo G., 2821 Nebraska Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Mesnier, Theo. C, 517 Filmor St., St. 

Louis. 
MuflQey, A. H., Hannibal. 
Moore, Minnie, Aldrich. 
Moses, E. T., Moberly. 
Meyer Bros., Sedalia. 
Messmer, Jos., 21 S 4th St., St. Louis. 
Munsell, S. H., Cameron. 
Morris, W. J„ R. 7, E. St. Louis, 111. 
Mangels, Henry, 4024 Meramal St., St. 

Louis. 
Meister, H. F., Nursery. 

Menke, Ben C, 1126 McLouran, St. Louis. 
Moody, Dr. B. E., Jacksonville. 
McArdle, Edw. J., Webster Groves. 
McGuire, S. F., Cameron. 
McShane, J. M., Jefferson City. 
McCormick, E. J., 3645 Rebecca Ave., St. 

Louis. 
McKee, Ed, Lamar. 
McCue, T. J., Mexico. 

McGregor, Arthur J., R. 5, Box 23, Spring- 
field. 
McMillan, Geo. M., R. 3, Springfield. 
McGlothlen, Lee, Marble Hill. 
McDaniel, B. F., Lancaster. 
Nichols, Howard E., Kirkwood. 
Nolte, Edwin, 5337 N. Broadway, St. Louis. 
Needles, S. W., Albany. 
Nettlehorst, Wm. G., 1463 Shawmut PI., St. 

Louis. 
Nevin, Frank J., 60th and Cherry, Kansas 

City. 
Noland, T. W., Mountain Grove. 
Norwine, Floyd E., 7387 Maplewood Blvd., 

Maplewood. 
Newbold, Robt. T., 1344 Sherman St., 

Springfield. 
Nichols, Sidney A., R. 4, Purdy. 
Ogilvie, John H., Charleston. 
Ogilvie, R. K., Charleston. 
O'Halloran, Katherine, 6446 Virginia Ave., 

St. Louis. 
O'Keefe, Jno. J., 1060 Union Ave., Kansas 

City. 
Propst, Jno. M., Neosho. 
Peters, A. N., Galena. 
Pearson, A. R., St. Charles. 
Powell, Mrs. Milton, Odessa. 
Petri, T. F., 2018 Blendon PI. 
Perrier, Louis J., Bonnots Mill. 
Paul, Wm., Hamburg. 

Pitts, Jesse A., 6267 Reber PI., St. Louis. 
Precht, Walter, 3108 S. 7th St., St. Louis. 



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Price, Mrs. Emma B., Glasgow. 

Patterson, C. T., Mountain Grove. 

Pickett, Mrs. Dr., Holliday. 

Porterfield, E. D., Lock Springs. 

Plank, C. B., 6812 Cleveland Ave., Kansas 

City. 
Painter, Mrs. Chas. U., Paris. 
Paschall, Jas. B., 6001 Tennessee Ave., 

St Louis. 
Payne, O. L., Shelbina. 
Payne, S. L., Conway. 
Pelty, B., Farmington. 
Patten, G. H., Kirkwood. 
Quinn, P. J., 3537 Seneca, St. Joseph. 
Quisenberry, M. L., Mountain Grove. 
Robinson, Jas. G., Dexter. 
Redder, Geo. C, 718 Leamon St. Hannibal. 
Roy, J. M., R. 3, Ozark. 
Rosser, Miss Austin, Butler. 
Roush, Mrs. J. A., Strasburg. 
Rolley, W. C, Pleasant Hill. 
Rolls, Mrs. Edgar, Novelty. 
Roennigke, H., Friedheim. 
Roscher, Mrs. J. C, Amsterdam. 
Richardson, T. J., Kashkononfl. 
Reddin, G. V., Doniphan. 
Russell, Owen, Greenfield. 
Russell, Mrs. Wm., Cabool. 
Rice, W. E., Box 56, Palmyra. 
Rowell, Mrs. Joe, Strasburg. 
Robey, O. L., Maryville. 
Richardson, Randall A., 2746 Limit Ave., 

St Louis. 
Roberts, Jno. C, Clayton. 
Robertson, Mrs. Alex, 5290 Waterman Ave., 

St Louis. 
Rogers, F. D., 621 Douglas Ave., Elgin, 

111. 
Schmidt, Dr. R., Hannibal. 
Stewart, A. V., 2501 Pleasant St., Hannibal. 
Swick, C. W., Sedalia. 

Show, A. J., 2702 Davison Ave., St. Louis. 
Stemler, Emil, 2255 Alice Ave., St. Louis 
Schultz, Wm., 6444 Wellsman Ave., Well- 

ston. 
Schanuel, O. W., Kirkwood. 
Smith, P. S., Kennett. 
Smith, Robt. V., 7118 Emilie Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Sampkin, Mrs. Jno. A., Warrensburg. 
Stutterfield, Sam'l, Bismarck. 
Silver, W. H., Carleton Dry Goods Co., St, 

Louis. 
Severin, G. A., 2240 Bismarck St., St. 

Louis. 
Smith, E. P., Napton. 
Shumate, Mrs. Irene, Preston. 
Schoffner, Karl, 6542 Marmaduke Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Smith, David D., Overland. 
Swift, Mrs. Henry, Grant City. 
Snyder, Jas. R., Frazer. 
Schrader, E., Farmington. 
Scott, Wm. M., 8232 Lucille Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Sebastian, Chas., 6000 Viginia Ave., St. 

Louis. 



Stacy, John W., Iantha. 

Schwack, J., 4333 Beethoven Ave., St 

Louis. 
Swartz, E. M., 2615 N. 2nd St., St. Joseph. 
Steers, C. B., Birch Tree. 
Scott, Mrs. G. W., Chalk Level. 
Smith, C. H., 4544 Morgan St., St. Louis. 
Schall, A., 3330 Missouri Ave., St. Louis. 
Schecermann, Jno. B., R. 2, St. Charles. 
Schmidt, John J., De Soto. 
Schmedtje, Adolph H., 3615 Humphrey St. 

St. Louis. 
Schwant, A. H., 4229 Beethoven Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Scheff, Harry. W, Morris, Otsego Co., New 

York. 
Stouffer, Jno. W., Orrick. 
Star Egg Farm, Marshall. 
Strole, W. P., 3145 W. 43rd, Rosedale, 

Kan. 
Todd, Dr. Jas. A., R. 1, Clayton] 
Turner, W. H., Mexico. 
Turner, Leon, Kingsville. 
Thomas, J. S., R. 8, Cameron. 
Tully, Mrs. M., Stoutsville. 
Traunicht, W. M., Esther. 
Todd, Mrs. J. L., Centerview. 
Tweedy, Thos. C, R. 1, Puxico. 
Thayer, Earle A., R. 2, Marshall. 
Teckenbrock, J. L. & L. R., R. 1, Box 134, 

Clayton. 
Twyman, S. J., Hamilton, Ohio. 
Tiemonn, Geo., 2626 Alcott Ave., St. Louis. 
Vogelsong, Oscar, 1034 Gimblin St., St. 

Louis. 
Voelker, Lawrence, Bertrand. 
Voth, J. A., 3706 Michigan Ave., Kansas 

City. 
Vandiver, L. A., Orrick. 
Wlibber, A. F., Edgar Spring. 
Walker, Mrs. F. S. T Claremore, Okla. 
Wlodarek, Mrs. F. J.. R. 38, Anglum. 
Willis, B. S., R. 7, Clinton. 
Whittington, M. J., West Plains. 
Wessel, Joe F., 1412 Salisbury St., St. Louis. 
Williams, S. H., Burlington Junction. 
Wallis, F. C. Steelville. 
Walp, Mrs. Dora, Brookfield. 
Weatherman, Mrs. Rosa, R. 1, Springfield. 
Woods, Robert, Ferguson. 
Way, W. E., Bonita Ave. and Berry Rd., 

Kirkwood. 
Walden, Wm., 1202 Lindell Ave., Hannibal. 
Wilks, C. T., Care of U. Iron Works, Spring- 
field. 
Williams, F. M., Eldorado Springs. 
Winter, Adam F., R. 6, Sappington. 
Wieser, Jno. F., 3135 Michigan Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Wagner, Mrs. Karl, Montrose. 
Wheeler, Mrs. J. P., Greenfield. 
Wood, Fred, 4219 Hartford St., St. Louis. 
Wilkinson, Andrew, 1722 W. 35th, Kansas 

City. 
Wells, D. L., Marshfield. 
White, C. L., Keytesville. 
Wright, La Verne, Willow Springs. 



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Wenkel, Ben H., R. 2, Leslie. 
Williams, Sidney H., R. 5, Springfield. 
Younger Bros., Centralia. 
Uoung, Mrs. L. E., Keytesville. 
Young, Jno. F., Lee's Summit. 
Zimmerman, J. R., Flat River. 

R. C. W. LEGHORNS. 

Applegate, Geo. H., Keytesville. 

Dale, A. E., Ridgeway. 

Dreyfus, A. D., R. 7, Springfield. 

Field, M. E., Cape "Girardeau. 

Gross, Jno. S., Maryville. 

Harrison, Mrs. Bert, Maryville. 

Huntley, Mrs. S. E., Eldorado Springs. 

Jenkins, O. L., Sikeston. 

Kemp, Joe C, Maryville. 

Keyser, Mrs. H. Thos., R. 3, Green City. 

Mathes, A. P., Eagleville. 

Ponder, Freeman, R. 2, Iberia. 

Van Nort, S. P., Manchester Rd., Webster 

Groves. 
Watson, Guy M., Morley. 
Wheeler, Albert V., Carlinville, 111. 

S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS. 

Adair, Dr. H. B., 1007 Norton Ave., Kan- 
sas City. 

Angell, Mrs. John M., Columbia. 

Ardelheide, Edwin, Wright City. 

Arnold, Dr. U. S. G., St. Charles. 

Adams, R. M., Odessa. 

Bedford, J. E., Columbia. 

Barrett, Mrs. Elbert L., R. 4, Springfield. 

Bleavans, Mrs. Will, Pleasant Hill. 

Ball, Geo., R. 2, New Cambria. 

Bochmer, Joseph, Flint Hill. 

Barr, Jno. F., La Platta. 

Bruns, W., Jr., St. Charles. 

Babcock, Geo. W., Poplar Bluff. 

Boyd, J. H., Esther. 

Baker, Phillip, Glenallen. 

Bromley, Mrs. Guy, De Kalb. 

Boelmur, S., 2209 Clarence Ave., St. Louis. 

Barnes, Mrs. J. M., Paris. 

Bush, Wm. H., Eldorado Springs. 

Belt, Mrs. W. A., Cedar Valley. 

Burks, W. H., Bolivar. 

Curnutt, Mrs. Alice, Montserrat. 

Campbell, Roland, R. 5, Rosedale., Kan. 

Copeland, Mrs. M. J., Ellington. 

Clemans, Wm. H., Elvins. 

Cree, Mrs. W. D., 4805 Moffitt Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Carwine, Mrs. F. M., R. 3, Carthage. 

Carter, Mrs. Harvey, Mercer. 

Callison, A. B., R. 1, Medoc. 

Davidson, Mrs. Beth, Barnett. 

Deck, W. O., Poplar Bluff. 

Dudley, Robt. G., St. Charles. 

Dwyier, J.. II., Lockwood. 

Dunn, Jacob, Bessville. 

Eckenrod, J. A., R. 3, Springfield. 

Erwin, Mrs. S I . Bolden. 

Edgar, Mrs. I. O., R. 3, Cassville. 



Edde, Charlie E., Hermitage. 

Eckerle, F. N., R. 4, Webster Groves. 

Frazier, W. W., R. 3, Kingston. 

Fritz, L. R., Fuson. 

Fisher, S. M., Eldorado Springs. 

Farmer, C. C, R. 3, Platte City. 

Graham, Will, Fredericktown. 

Gardner, E. E., R. 4, Farmington. 

Gilk, Frank J., 4261 Kemper Park, St. Louis. 

Gutknecht, F. C, R. 4, Cedar Falls, Lowa. 

Gallatin, J. H., R. 7, Chillicothe. 

Hume, Master Lewis, Columbia. 

Harbaugh, T. B., 514 Wilmington, St. Louis. 

Hunter, E. O., Webster Groves. 

Hook, C. C, Lee's Summit. 

Henderson, W. W., La Plata. 

Howell, Mrs. A. A., Paris. 

Horn, A., 462 E. Jackson Rd., Webster 

Groves. 
Jones, E. B., R. 4, New Cambria. 
Kearby, J. P., Poplar Bluff. 
Knotwell, Mrs. Mary, Norwood. 
Knecker, Fred, Bunceton. 
Kaiser, H. J., 4125 Clay Ave., St. Louis. 
Laws, A. G., Poplar Bluff. 
Lambert, Wm. M., 2962 Arlington Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Monsees, Mrs. J. L., Smithton. 
Mooney, J. R., Butler. 
Mote J. M., Strasburg. 
Mutti, H. A., California. 
Mitchell, Mrs. Jennie, Forest Green. 
Mortine, P. M., Holden. 
Morse, Wm. E , Rolla. 

Moyer, Lon H., R. 6 Bx. 121, St. Joseph. 
Magruder, W. D., Brunswick. 
Merritt, Jeff, R. 6, Gallatin. 
McCormick, E. J., 3645 Rebecca Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Newcomb, Mrs. J. S., Willow Springs. 
O wings, John C, Truxton. 
Oran, Mrs. Jas. W., Gilman City. 
Otta, W. H., 611 Welmington, St. Louis. 
Paulus, Geo. C, 2301 Pestalozzie St., St. 

Louis. 
Pogue, Chas. E., Paris. 

Precht, Fred, 3740 Ohio Ave., St. Louis. 
Phillips, H. C, De Soto. 
Patrick, Mrs. Jno. W., Harrisonville. 
Pearson, J. J., Plattsburg. 
Puddy, Mrs. Lee, Keytesville. 
Poage, Oper, R. 3, Gower. 
Pehling, Gus, Poplar Bluff. 
Phelps, H. S., Salisbury. 
Romburg, Will L., R. 3, Hannibal. 
Rogers, T. T., Elsberry. 
Raney, H. G., Koshkonong. 
Rice, Mrs. C. H., R. 4, Maryville. 
Roberts, E. E., R. 1, New Cambria. 
Rosemont, Farm (Shultz), Webster Groves. 
Russell, Mrs. Geo. L., Chilhowee. 
Skaggs, J. M., R. 32, Montrose. 
Siebeding, Arnold, Pendleton. 
Smith, Mrs. Retta, R. 1, Pleasant Hill. 
Schnare, Wm., R. 6, Carrollton. 
Schlotzhauer, Mrs. H. R., Columbia. 
Settle, Harry, Fayette. 



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Singleton, W. P., Dexter. 

Smith, David D., Overland. 

Sides, J. T., R. 1, Farmington. 

Schick, J. O., 2142 E. Warne Ave., St. Louis 

Schick, Leo. N., Doniphan. 

Settle, Mrs. W. T., Fayette. 

Scobee, Mrs. J. T. t R. 3, Perry. 

Taylor, W. H. ( West Plains. 

Thomson, Jas. E., Craig. 

Todd, Mrs. J. L., Centerview. 

Woods, Tom H., Fayette. 

Weyland, H. P., Tipton. 

Williams, Henry, R. 8, Mountain Grove. 

Wilkerson, Mrs. Charlotte, Fayette. 

Williams, Mrs. W. E., Keytesville. 

White, B. F., Bx. 355, Thayer. 

Zoellner Bros., Perry ville. 

R. C. BROWN LEGHORN. 

Austin, Jas., Elkland. 

Brandom, Mrs. Jno. F., Bosworth. 

Congdon, Mr. and Mrs. C. A., R. 13, Knob 

Noster. 
Herlacker, M. E., Poplar Bluff. 
Hoppe, M. W., Poplar Bluff. 
Morrow, J. W., New Cambria. 
Melton, R. E., Ozark. 
Morse Stock Farm, Neosho. 
McCormack, Mrs. J. N., R. 1, Butler. 
Perry, Mrs. B. F., Greenfield. 
Smith, Mrs. Luther, R. 2, Perry. 
Schrautemeier, B. H., 1718 Cora Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Sperry, H. E., R. 3, Neosho. 
Spicer, W. M., R. 2, Dexter. 
Wilson, Mrs. Joe, Santa Fe. 

S. C. BUFF LEGHORNS. 

Brower, Cady F., R. 1, Mt. Washington. 

Bridges, H. L., Mineral Point. 

Bennett, T. B., Eldoraro, 111. 

Boyd, Edw. P., Oklahoma City, Okla. 

Doggett, S. L., LaPlata. 

Diemer, Jos., Elvins. 

Duncan, A. L., Nevada. 

Esser, L. A., Blackwater. 

Evers, Chas. Hy., 2709 Keokuk, St. Louis. 

Fette, Mrs. Wm., Alma. 

Freeman, W. J., Flat River. 

Gregory, J. L., Poplar Bluff. 

Griffin, O. H., Butler. 

Holcomb, E. W., Poplar Bluff. 

Herkenhoff, Wm. C, 4408 N. 20th, St. 

Louis. 
Hamilton, L. L., 5227 Northland, St. Louis 
Kunz, Mrs. Louis, Harrison Ave., and 

Big Bend Rd., Kirkwood. 
Marshall, Ben W., 1928 Arlington Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Mengel, Jno. S., Poplar Bluff. 
Moyer, Lon H., R. 6 Bx. 121, St. Joseph. 
Meyer, John H., 3420 Blair Ave., St. Louis. 
Miller, Gus, Moberly. 
McGregor, T. D., Glenallen. 
Pool, Chas., Piedmont. 



Rohlfing, W. L., Berger. 
Richards, B. F., Butler. 
Reymer, C. P., Union. 
Rolley, Frank, Pleasant Hill. 
Sperry, H. E., R. 3, Neosho. 
Sappington, Joe, Sappington. 
Voss, Raymond, Keytesville. 
Wendt, Ed, Bx. 135, Alma. 
Winter, Adam F., Sappington. 
White, C. L., Keytesville. 

R. C. BUFF LEGHORNS. 

Rinehart, Mrs. Jay, Mountain View. 
Schreck, Theo., 821 E. Prairie Ave., St. 
Louis. 

BLACK LEGHORNS. 

Kansteiner, Wm. H., St. Charles. 

BLACK LANGSHANS. 

Allen, Mrs. Walter, Greenwood. 

Adams, S. E., Wells ville. 

Bedford, J. E., Columbia. 

Bayles, F. C, Chillicothe. 

Bargdoll, Ed., ChiUicothe. 

Brothers, G. C, R. 1, Wellsville. 

Brown, H. L., Stephens Store. 

Boyer, Mrs. M. E., R. 2, Dexter. 

Bergman, W., Ste. Genevieve. 

Brooks, C. C, Sheffield Sta., Kansas City. 

Bondurant, Mrs. Bush F., La Belle. 

Brown, Adde, Roseland. 

Craven, Mrs. N. E., R. 1, Polo. 

Chiles, Mrs. F. P., Buckner. 

Coffman, Mrs. Newton, Rosendale. 

Caldwell, Mrs. C. C, Vandalia. 

Chilton, Joe, Fredericktown. 

Cravens, Mrs. T. A., Polo. 

Clay pool, Virgil, Pearl. 

Cox, A. B., Columbia. 

Carter, Mrs. J. E., R. 4, Trenton. 

Caneer, Z. P., Senath. 

Dinwiddie, B. F., Columbia. 

Dixon, L. M., Humansville. 

Duskin, W. G., Chula. 

Douglass, J. Ernest, Leeton. 

Douglass, Mrs. H. M., Clarkton. 

Elsberry, M. P., Elsberry. 

England, H., Quitman. 

Elliott, Mrs. Joseph and daughters, Windsor. 

Floyd, Ed. J., Jr., Mountain Grove. 

Fetzer, Mrs. Louis, Keytesville. 

Farris, Mrs. M. Ella, Box 122, De Soto. 

Fox, Walter, New Canton, III. 

Gosney, Roscoe H., La Belle. 

Genoway, P. E., Fredericktown. 

Hall, R. E., Walnut Grove. 

Horsman, Wm., R. 2, La Grange. 

Head, J. B., Platte City. 

Higgins, Mrs. Emma, Concordia. 

Hockaday, Mrs. Wm., Rich Hill. 

Halley, J. M., Keytesville. 

Heck, Dr. J. A., Sarcoxie. 

Huls, Mrs. W. T., Hume. 

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Hendricks, Lee, R. 3, Billings. 

Harper, W. H., Bertrand. 

Jordan, Mrs.. S. C, Eldon. 

Jenkins, W. T., Platte City. 

Kirkland, Mrs. W. F., R. 5, Paris. 

Karr, J. W., Excelsior Springs. 

Knorpp W. C, Pleasant Hill. 

Latimer, C. E., Frankford. 

Lowe, Novia & Son, 530 Kentucky Ave., 

So. St. Joseph. 
Lingren, Carl, 4418 Forest Ave., Kansas 

City. 
Lehnen, F. D., Wellsville. 
Martin, Mrs. J. W., Frankford. 
Meyer, W. A., Bowling Green. 
Meyer, L. E., Bowling Green. 
Magruder, S. G., R. 2, Armstrong. 
Meyer, Edw., California. 
Myers, Z. B., Chillicothe. 
Meyers, Mrs. Wm., Greenfield. 
Mason, Mrs. W. G., Keyetsville. 
Miles, Chauncey. S., St. Joseph. . 

Mullen, Curtis H., Mountain View. 
McLean, Mrs. R. A., Fredericktown. 
McBride, John, Chillicothe. 
McBride, Francis J., Chillicothe. 
Nash, T. N., Perryville. 
Nay, Mrs. Anna, Wheeling. 
Ober, F. R., Wright City. 
Pigg, Chas., Orrick. 
Richmon, John H., Williamsburg. 
Rause, Luther, Columbia. 
Stamper, Mrs. Wm., Platte City. 
Smith, Mrs. S. A., Rolla. 
Staples, Mrs. Jas. A., La Monte. 
Steiman, H. C, Dalton. 
Thompson, Mrs. Lester G., R. 2, Holt. 
Thompson, C. O., R. 5, Dexter. 
Tull, Rosie, R. 1, Walker. 
Thebe, Mrs. E. C, 3940 Delmar Blvd., St. 

Louis. 
Wing, Logan E., 2601 Duncan St., St. 

Joseph. 
Weideman, A. W., Eldorado Springs. 
Walleson, Herbert H., Belleville, 111. 
Wilshire, Mrs. Mollie, R. 3, Buffalo. 
White, J. Elmer, Sorrell. 
Waters, R. J., New Madrid. 
Zimmer, E. G., 5439 Woodland, Kansas 

City. 

WHITE LANGSHANS. 

Berger, Mrs. Henry, Dalton. 
Brockschmidt, Henry, Freistatt. 
Claypool, Virgil, Pearl. 
Farnsworth, A. A., Marble Hill. 
Fransworth, Ernest, Marble Hill. 
Gosney, Roscoe H., La Belle. 
Gosney, R. B., La Belle. 
Hintz, Mr. and Mrs., Ed. D., Warrenton. 
Horner, II. H., R. 4, Merriam, Kan. 
Kirkland, Mrs. W. F., R. 5, Paris. 
Lowe, Mrs. C. D., R. 1, Blue Springs. 



LIGHT BRAHMAS. 

Allen, E. A., Craig. 

Anderson, B. F., Box 187, Commerce. 

Barrow, Mrs. D. M., R. 3, St. Joseph. 

Bond, Mrs. W. R., Grant City. 

Daniel, A. J., 1440 Wright St. St. Louis. 

Davis, Mrs. John, R. 3, New Cambria. 

Demme, Frank J., 4604 St. Louis Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Enderle, Adolph, Salsibury. 
Eggner, J. H., R. 2, Paducah, Ky. 
Ferguson, O. J., Fredericktown. 
Friesz, Geo., Keytesville. 
Filkin, W. W., 3800 Wyoming St. Kansas 

City. 
Fry, E. E., Greencastle, Ind. 
Hall, R. E., Walnut Grove. 
Higgins, Mrs. Emma, Wheeling. 
Hoebirle, Mrs. F., 3206 Herbert St., St. 

Louis. 
Hayes, Mrs. Benj., Salisbury. 
Jones, Mrs. S. W., Frankford. 
Hoerner, E. A., Poplar Bluff. 
Kincaid, Mrs. Dorcas, Stoutsville. 
Layman, Geo. M., Greenville, 111. 
Mankin, E, C, 1122 Cherry, Kansas City. 
Martin, John, Dexter. 
Morrison, Mrs. J. E., R. 1, Blue Springs. 
Price, Mrs. J. P., R. 4, Richmond. 
Pridemore, John H., Chula. 
Poole, Chas., Piedmont. 
Roland, Harry, New Cambria. 
Roberts, C. A., R. 3, Callao. 
Robinson, Mrs. W. G., Bowling Green. 
Roelofson, Frank, Maryville. 
Roberts, John W., New Cambria. 
Rippey, John, 401 E..15th, Sedalia. 
Shepherd, H. C, Louisiana. 
Spatts, Mrs. N. H., R. 3, Norborne. 
Smith, Perry, Pittsville. 
Shiverly, F. T., Kennett. 
Wilson, Ben, Essex. 
Willm, D. F., Crystal City. 
Wolk, Joe, 2601 Hard Ave., St. Louis. 
Wright, C. T., R.. 1,, Stoutsville. 
Weihe, Gustav H., Flouisant and Jennings 

Rd., St, Louis. 

DARK BRAHMAS. 

Cooper, J. P., Savannah. 

BUFF COCHINS. 

Bryan, Byrd, Mercer. 

Bade, Mrs. S. J., 3509a Wyoming St., St. 

Louis. 
Donovan, W. H., Frankford. 
Gassow, Dr. A. A., St. Charles. 
Hines, Mrs. Charles, Richmond. 
Haskill, L., Hartshorn. 
Keehlman, Geo. H., St. Charles. 
Price, Mrs. J. P., R. 4, Richmond. 
Peck. Mrs. W. H., Strasburg. 
Rock, E. F., Montrose. 
Taylor, S. B., Galena. 
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PARTRIDGE COCHINS. 

Davis, Albert, 2115 Lyon, Springfield. 

Jones, Wm., 201 E. Commercial St., Spring- 
field. 

Mathews, Guy B., Fredericktown. 

McNellie, H. W., 649 Elmwood, Kansas 
City. 

Pfeifer, Adam, 4536 Adkins Ave., St. Louis. 

Savage, J. C, R. 4, Sedalia. 

Sachse, Edw., Brunswick. 

Weihe, Gustav H., Florissant and Jennings 
Rd., St. Louis. 

S. C. BLACK MINORCAS. 

Armstrong, G. L., 2127 Edmond Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Ahelmeiser, Fred W., R. 29, Wellston. 
Berry, Jas., Minnith. 
Boland, J. F., Minnith. 
Browning, Roy, Billings. 
Baker, Phillip, Glennallen. 
Brown, R. A., Minnith. 
Batts, Walter E., Independence. 
Blanke, O. W., 4408 Chouteau Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Brown, Pratt, R. 2, Decatur, Ark. 
Brueggeman, A., 1532 S. Broadway, St. 

Louis. 
Bahr, Emil, De Soto. 
Brenner, Walter, Beaver Falls, Pa. 
Brauner, Jacob, 2154 E. Warne Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Brauner, Wm. L., 2151 E. Warne Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Collins, Rev. Jos., Farmington. 
Callison, S. J., Lamar. 
Coffman, R., Minnith. 
Caldwell, Earl J., Lockwood. 
Davidson, W. E., Ethel. 
Deuber, Geo. J. & Son, 1923 College Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Fish, A. V., Kirks ville. 
Feldmann, Oliver F., 3806 Kosciusko St. 

St. Louis. 
Gresham, G. C, Parkville. 
Gillham, J. A., Farmington. 
Gray, J. W., Greenland, Ark. 
Gebhardt, Jacob, 7032 West Park, St. Louis 
Grot, Oscar J., 4714 Ladue, St. Louis. 
Grote, Harry H., 2304 Beacon Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Henckler, Dr. E. H., 3500 N. 14th, St. Louis. 
Hough, P. C, Farmington. 
Hall, Jno. F., Stamp Div. P. O., Kansas 

City. 
Hays, Joe, 1717 Elliott, St. Louis. 
Heimburger, G. V., 5071 Van Versen, St. 

Louis. 
Jennemann, H. J., 349 E. Oak Ridge, Web- 
ster Park. 
Johnson, Junius, 6001 Harrison St., Kansas 

City. 
Kreibohm, E. C, 5323 Murdock Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Kelley, Frank, Ashdown, Ark. 



Koch, Mrs. Helen, 4006 St. Ferdinand, St. 

Louis. 
Kitchell, Frank L., Rolla. 
Kettler, E., 4332 Wilcox Ave., St. Louis. 
Kinealy, Sarah W., 8403 Newly St., St. 

Louis. 
King, Ivin, Kennett. 
Lautenshlager, G. W., 5394a Florissant, St. 

Louis. 
Morris, Roy B., 3717 St. Louis Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Manzur, F. B., Carterville. 
Miller, H., 1340 Kingsland Ave., St. Louis. 
Mclntire, Geo., Box 115, St. Charles. 
O'Brien, Wm., Rolla. 
Oberhellmann, Dan, Holstein. 
Rehm, Jas. S., Ste. Genevieve. 
Ross, G., 1284 Wagner Terrace, St. Louis. 
Schrautemeier, B. H., 1718 Cora Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Skinner, Chas. A., West Plains. 
Smith, C. J., R. 3, Monett. 
Stein, John P., Goodfellow & McLaran, St. 

Louis. 
Scheller, Fred W., 719 Big Bend Rd., Web- 
ster Groves. 
Schaper, Chas L., 5210 Idaho Ave., St. 

Louis. 
StefTen, Gus, Bismarck. 
Schulz, Mrs. Henry, 60 Marshall PL, Web- 
ster Groves. 
Schneiders, Wm., 8330 Ave. G, St. Louis. 
Trumbaugh, J. H., Minnith. 
Timonds, H. W., Lamar. 
Troutman, H. D., West Plains. 
Thomas, A. B., Webster Groves. 
Von Hacht, Chas., 2143 Alice Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Willmering, W. H., 2826 Iowa Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Walters, Edw., Poplar Bluff. 
Wignot, L. S., St. Charles. 
Wilder, Wm., Russell, Ste. Genevieve. 
Wrausmann, Elmer C, 4045 Lee Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Wenneker, Edgar C, 5226 Minerva Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Winberg, J. H., 6930 Noonan Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Wooding, H. A., Dexter. 
Young, Henry, Winslow, Arizona. 
Zell, Louis J., 5740 Etzel Ave., St. Louis. 

R. C. BLACK MONORCAS. 

Dodd, Geo. D., 4650 Labadie Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Hough, P. C, Farmington. 

Herriford, W. E., Fulton. 

Hibler, Geo., 3114 E. 10th St., Kansas City. 

Hosmer, Clay A., 1005 Norton Ave., Kan- 
sas City. 

Ozark Pigeon & Squab Co., Monteer. 

Scott. Mrs. D. A., 916 S. Noland, Independ- 
ence. 

Toomer, Mrs. A. H., Springfield. 

Wagner, Rev. Paul E., R. 1, Clayton. 



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R. C. WHITE MINORCAS. 

Bailey, Mrs. Nettie, R. 1, Elmer. 
Esahenbrenner, Jas., Chesterfield. 
Fredericks, H. S., R. 6, Nevada. 
Girton, W. H., R. 1, Carterville. 

S. C. WHITE MINORCAS. 

Leonard, G. M., High Hill. 
O'Brien, Wm„ Rolla. 

BUFF MINORCAS. 

Sneed, T. Wilson, 106 S. 9th, St. Louis. 
Wrausmann, Elmer C, 4045 Lee Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Woodhouse, J. W., R. 6, Nevada. 

BARRED MINORCAS. 

German, Jeff W., 3426 Bales Ave., Kansas 
City. 

ANCONAS. 

Berry, W. W., Greenville. 

Briscoe, E. H., Carrollton. 

Brown, A. W., Platte City. 

Bush, D. W., Tipton. 

Bates, Mrs. W. H., Niangua. 

Colborn, Rev. R. T., Stoutsville. 

Crosby, Fred, 3251 Gillham Rd., Kansas 

City. 
Crosby, M. R., 3225 E. 29th St., Kansas 

City. 
Christian, J. P., Renick. 
Cresswell, Jos., Bourbon. 
Conner, Bert, Ft. Smith, Ark. 
Comer, W. A., Nevada. 
Echelmeir, Leo, St. Charles. 
Errett, H. E., Nevada. 
Forman, E. M., 6139 Crescent Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Gilbert, Mrs. L. W., Tipton. 
Gisi, Aug. M., St. Marys. 
Grimm, Frederick, Webster Groves. 
Howden, Fred, Louisiana. 
Henry, Dr. J. D., Excelsior Springs. 
Hart, C. E., St. James. 
Hartman, Frank O., Bourbon. 
Harriott, J. W., Greenwood. 
Homaker, F. J., 2733 Messanie, St. Joseph. 
Holmes, A. J., 4013 Welman Blv., St. Louis. 
Kuhlman, W., St. Charles. 
Killam, Dana, Lathrop. 
Kloft, Henry, Jr., E. St. Louis, 111. 
Lambur, Jno. H., 5865 Page Bl., St. Louis. 
Lewis, Dr. R., 4759 Washington, St. Louis. 
Lange, H. & D., 4139 Moffltt, St. Louis. 
Mertens, J. S., 5523 Columbia, St. Louis. 
Marshall, F. D., 4215 McPherson, St. Louis. 
Meador, R. R., 62 & Jackson, Kansas City. 
Nelson, Newton, Tipton. 
Otte, H. C, Beaufort. 
Park, C. E., Warrensburg. 
Paullus, Mrs. Mary, Cold Water. 
Pries, C. J., 3939 Kenwood, Kansas City. 



Patterson, Lovell, Tipton. 
Pendarvis, Dr. and Mrs. O. E., Braymer. 
Roehl, H., 901 Green St., St. Joseph. 
Reid, H. G., Pomona, Cal. 
Rose, Mrs. Daisy, Bois D'Arc. 
Schmidt, Dr. R., Hannibal. 
Schrienman, Dr. F., Concordia. 
Skaggs, J. M., R. 32, Montrose. 
Slamp, T. J., Platte City. 
Steele, John J., Mexico. 
Todd, A. E., Billings. 
Templeton, A. G., Greenville. 
Waldschlager, Harry, Frankford. 
Wies, A. J., Louisiana. 

Willette, Chas., 3322 Bell Ave., St. Louis. 
Willis, Chas. W., 3417 Hartford, St. Louis. 
Werner, Mrs. J. P., 5079 Ridge Ave., St. 
Louis 

CORNISH. 

Baldwin, W. E., Stanberry. 

Cowgill, Henry, Lamar. 

Corder, P. K., Greenwood. 

Conkling, L. A., 924 Cherry St.. Springfield 

Davis, Albert, 2115 Lyon, Springfield. 

Elkins, A. L., Bertrand. 

Fry, F. M., Tipton. 

Graves, Judge W. W., Jefferson City. 

Greer, J. K., Paris. 

Harvey, T. Ellis., 222 E. 25th St., Kansas 

City. 
Hughes, B. H., Greenville. 
Horn, A., 462 E. Jackson Rd., Webster 

Groves. 
Illch, Dr. O. B., St. Charles. 
Kennedy, Wm. B., Greenville. 
Littrell, Mrs. Belle, Chula. 
Lautenshlager, G. W., 5394a Florissant, St. 

Louis. 
Martens, Henry E., Concordia. 
Morgan, Dr. W. B., Steelville. 
Morrow, W. S., Golden City. 
McClure, Max H., Webster Groves. 
Reed, J. Q., 2014 Boonville, Springfield. 
Sutherlin, F. E., Greenwood. 
Sturdy, Wm., Kirkwood. 
Tally, Mrs. Ada, Mt. Grove. 
Tapley, H. W., Arcadia. 
Thompson, Dolph, Dexter. 
Thompson, Adam, Amity. 
Washburn, J. S., Gravois Mills. 
Yost, Mrs. V. V., 3207 S. Benton, Kansas 

City. 

S. S. HAMBURGS. 

Brown, Wm. Y., Minnith. 
Belchamber, Miss Leona, Glen Allen. 
Born, Joseph A., 4406 Wallace Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Bender, Otto, 2813 Osceola St., St. Louis. 
Erny, Gus, 4533 Lee Ave., St. Louis. 
Glover, F. E., Ord, Neb. 
Howard, E. S., Poplar Bluff. 
Hogan, Jno. M., O'Fallon, 111. 
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Miller, Lizzie and Frances, Higbee. 
Noble, Willie, Lamar. 

Powell, W. L., 4742a Vernon Ave., St. Louis. 
Walton, H., Mineral Point. 

CAMPINES. 

Brady, W. P., 2637 Victor St., Kansas City. 

Bailey, Dr. J. Guy, Belton. 

Conrad, C. J., Maryville. 

Chatham, W. P., Kennett. 

Doering, H. R., 6522 Michigan Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Edwards, Paul R., 8501 S. Broadway, St. 

Louis. 
Garrell, Julius C, Webster Groves. 
Gray. F. B., 3803 Washington Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Jacobus, M. R., Ridgefleld, N. J. 
Kusterer, Geo. J., Webb City. 
Laun, Geo., St. James. 
Murry, John, Stanberry. 
McGinnis, G., Carterville. 
Roberts, Mrs. W. B., Carterville. 
Robey, O. L., Maryville. 
Smith, Mrs. J. O., Frankford. 
Severens, Chas. H., 6132 Plymouth, St. 

Louis. 
Schmidt, Sidney W., Chillicothe. 
Thayer, Mrs. S. M., 7503 Main, Kansas 

City. 
Vedder, Wm„ Cape Girardeau. 

HOUDANS. 

Anderson, A. E., 2516 Montgall, Kansas 
City. 

Collins, Harry A., Lamar. 

Combs, Mrs. E. S., 326 N. Valley St., Kan- 
sas City, Kan. 

Fox, Robert, Greenville. 

Ford, O. J., Neosho. 

Floyd, Dr. W. E., Muskogee, Okla. 

Gantz, Casper A., King City. 

Mary, Mrs. P. J., 2402 Sylvania St., St. 
Joseph. 

Norton, P. M., Platte City. 

Neal, Mrs. Edw., 4162 Deloe St., St. Louis. 

Pendergast, Thos., 6922 Pennsylvania, St. 
Louis. 

Taylor, R. W., La Belle. 

Wells, J. O., Alton, 111. 

Ziegler, M. S., 3025 Texas Ave., St. Louis. 

BUCKEYES. 

Baldwin, W. E., Stanberry. 

Errett, H. E., Nevada. 

Ellise, Roy V., Troy. 

Goodson, Ned., Napton. 

Hudson, Minnie B., Ellisburg, N. Y. 

Jobnson, Walter, Jamesport. 

McAdow, W. C, Lamar. 

Tamlyn, E. A., Stanberry. 

Weisburg, A. H., Nevada. 

Wessner, R., Dalton. 



BUTTERCUPS. 

Bryan, Linn E., 360 Marshal, Webster 

Groves. 
Castle, James, Webster Groves. 
Kelley, E. R., Darlington. 
Lauer, F. W., Queen City. 
McCormick, S- D., Bourbon. 
Rucker, J. E., Keyetsville. 
Waugh, Mrs. J. S. f Bosworth. 
Weymuth, Geo. J., Cole Camp. 

BLK. BREASTED RED GAMES. 

Brown, Wm. V., Minnith. 

Jones, R. L., New Cambria. 

Mueller, P. J., 3625 Liermann, St. Louis. 

PIT GAMES. 

Branch, Philip Q., 3129 Morgan St., St. 

Louis. 
Klika, Chas. J., 4669 Alaska Ave., St. Louis. 
Morrow, W. S., Golden City. 
Steyermark, Leo, 1815 S. Broadway, St. 

Louis. 
Wengler, R. T., Clayton. 
White, S. M., Keytesville. 

W. C. B. POLISH. 

Gast, Eugene T., 1221 Pierce Bldg., St. 

Louis. 
Hough, A. A., Tipton. 
Renner & Ushler, St. Joseph. 
Wilkerson, W. T., R. 4, Madison. 

GOLDEN POLISH. 

Kelley, C. R., Trenton. 

BLUE ANDALUSIANS. 

Calvin, Harry, 6920 Waldemar Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Holtzwart, F., 2748 McCausland, St. Louis. 
McMurry, Miss Maud, Savannah. 
Whittaker, A. C, Palmyra. 

MO. WHITE FLUFFS. 

Park, C. E., Warrensburg. 
Rice, Mrs. J. D., Hickory. 

BLK. JAVAS. 

Price, John G., Lexington. 

SILVER DORKINGS. 

Smith, Walton, Frankford. 

W. F. BLK. SPANISH. 

Laffoon, L. Z., Sarcoxie. 

Mourton, J., 3511 Kensington, Maplewood. 

JAPANESE SILKIES. 

O'Gorman, Jas. H., 4763 Hammett PL, St. 
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LAKENVELDERS. 

"Wilson, Lee E., Webster Groves. 
SUSSEX. 

Elrod, W. F., Marissa, 111. 
Ransley-Shields P. Farm, Columbus, Ohio. 
Weigmann, David H., 5120 Minerva, St. 

Louis. 
Weigmann, Mrs. Sophia M., 5120 Minerva, 

St. Louis. 
Weigmann, Myron E., 5120 Minerva, St. 

Louis. 

MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS. 

Ashburn, Miss Nannie P., Farmington. 

Branch, E. C, Lee's Summit. 

Brown, Mrs. Stont, Windsor. 

Booth, J. J., R. 8, Richmond. 

Booth, Mrs. Mabel, Richmond. 

Ball, Geo., R. 2, New Cambria. 

Bayne, Mrs. Dan, Dalton. 

Belt, Mrs. W. A., Cedar Valley. 

Buckley, Mrs. T. J., La Monte. 

Bohrer, Mrs. C. S., Bellflower. 

Butler, Miss Velma, Green City. 

Campbell, Mrs. Ola, R. 1, Dunnegan. 

Cox, Miss Sallie, New London. 

Crockett, Mrs. N. W., Rea. 

Dorney, Dennis, Chillicothe. 

Deck, Mrs. J. M., Glen Allen. 

Darr, Mrs. P. P., Alligator, Miss. 

Erwin, Mrs. S. F., Holden. 

Fitzkam, Henry, Ste. Genevieve. 

Fisher, G. M., Green City. 

Fair, Mrs. Jennie, Gilman City. 

Golding, Wm. M., Quitmon. 

Galloway, Mrs. Zack, Aurora. 

Hughes, Mrs. Ed, R. 4, Richmond. 

Hurt, Mrs. Thomas, Boonville. 

Herman, Mrs. Aug., R. 1, Butler. 

Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Alex, Petersburg, 

IU. 
Kyd, Mrs. John Bailey, Green Ridge. 
Milligan. Miss Kate, Richmond. 
Moore, Mrs. Dolora, Pisgoh, Bunceton, R. 1. 
Martin, J. W., Dexter. 
Morelock, W. H. E., Greencastle. 
Mozley, Mrs. N. A., Bloomfield. 
Millay, Mrs. W. F., R. 1, Mt. View. 
Miller, Mrs. Denna V., Guilford. 
Means, Mrs. Clay F., R. 3, Dearborn. 
McMahan, Mrs. Jesse T., Blackwater. 
McCollum. S. B., New Cambria. 
Owens, Mrs. J. T., Frankford. 
Oron, Mrs. Alice, Gilman City. 
Oetting, Otto W., R. 2, Concordia. 
Powell, Mrs. E. B., Higginsville. 
Penick, Mrs. Tom. Brunswick. 
Popham, Mrs. W. B., Chillicothe. 
Rhodes, S. K., R. 4, Narborne. 
Robison, W. S., Fayette. 
Roe, Mrs. R. S., Bunceton. 
Budd, Mrs. W. M., Auxvasse. 
Schlotzhauer, Mrs. H. R., Columbia. 
Smit h, B. P.. Napton. 



Scearce, Mrs. W. L., Gower. 
Stone, J. M., R. 6, Columbia. 
Scott, Mrs. E. M., Lathrop. 
Turley, Miss Jessie, Blackwater. 
Vickers, Mrs. Jas., May view. 
Wright, Mrs. Jas., Richmond. 
Williams, E. B., R. 4. Humansville. 
Wares. Mrs. Gus, La Plata. 
Wheaton, W, F., Dresden. 
Wilkerson, Mrs. Charlotte, Fayette. 

WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS. 

Adams, Mrs. C. B., R. 1, Grandview. 

Brooks & Wilson, Quitman. 

Culver, Mrs. Mary, King City. 

Divelbiss, Mrs. Sarah, Hemple. 

Davis, Mrs. Frank, Odessa. 

Ewing, Mrs. Laura, Keytesville. 

Finch, Mrs. L. R., Bosworth. 

Garnett, Grace, Marion. 

George, Claud, R. 5, Platte City. 

Gall, Mrs. Jno. A., Dalton. 

Hamilton, Mrs. W. S., Clarksdale. 

Hawitt, Mrs. A. J., King City. 

Hunt, A. W., Hemple. 

Hickman, Mrs. Wm., R. 3. Tipton. 

Hawkins, Mrs. W. C, R. 2, Ozark. 

Hower, C. M., Savannah. 

Jackson, Mrs. Jno. M., Plattsburg. 

Lacock, Mrs. Belle, Puxico. 

Mason, Mrs. W. G., Keytesville. 

Morey, D. C, R. 2, Nevada. 

McKissick, Miss Anna, R, 1 Bx. 7, Gower. 

McCollum, Mrs. Anna, R. 3, Hickmans 
Mills. 

Rider, J. W., R. 1, Henrietta. 

Rodman, Mrs. Sam, R. 4, Burlington Junc- 
tion: 

Shier, H. C, Sr., Columbus. 

Schaal, Miss Lillian, Lexington. 

Stocking, Mrs. C. A., Fletcher. 

Shier, Mrs. H. C, Columbus. 

Scarlett, Mrs. J. F., Bosworth. 

Simmons, Lewis, Grant City. 

Teany, Mrs. J. M., Lathrop. 

Todd, N. P., Rinehart. 

Thompson, Mrs. Jas. A., R. 1, Holt. 

Tutt, Mrs. C. P., Bunceton. 

Wheeler, J. E., Walnut Grove. 

Wetmore, Mrs. H. B., Paris. 

BOURBON RED TURKEYS. 

Anderson, H. C, R. 2, Independence. 
Boten, Oscar, R. 2, Lee's Summit. 
Barnes, Mrs. J. M., Paris. 
Bray, Mrs. Lena C, Mt. Vernon. 
Douglass, J. Ernest, Leeton. 
Eishler, Mrs. G. W., R. 3, Braymer. 
Friesz, Mrs. A. G., Keytesville. 
Harlin, J. W., Puxico. 
Howard, Mrs. Robert M., Lee's Summit. 
Henry, Mrs. Louis, Bosworth. 
Loy, Mrs. T. H., R. 4, Aurora. 
Morrison, Mrs. J. E., R. 1, Blue Springs. 
Roberts, C. A.. R. 3, Callao. 
Rudy, Mrs. Wm., Tipton. 



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Rees, Miss Mina, R. 3, New Cambria. 
Stiggers, Mrs. Amos, Gallatin. 
Shultz, J. A., Pleasant Hill. 
Warland, Mrs. Annie E., Hagers Grove. 
Walden, Mrs. Ernest, Fayette. 
Warren, Mrs. G. H., R. 4, Carrollton. 
Woods, Mrs. Joe, Odessa. 
Winn, W. B., Lee's Summit. 

NARRAGANSETT TURKEYS. 

Berger, Mrs. Henry, Dalton. 
Dixon, L. M., Humans ville. 
Dixon, Geo., R. 4, Humansville. 
Hodges, Miss Play, Gallatin. 
Perkinsin, Mrs. John W., West Alton, 
Wright, Mrs. Tom, Bosworth. 
Williams, Boyd, Keytesville. 

BUFF TURKEYS. 

Cullen, Fred, R. 1, New Cambria. 

BLACK TURKEYS. 

Waller, Mrs. W. P., R. 2, Bunceton. 

INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS. 

Andrews, M. L., Bryant. 

Alleshouse, J. A., Trenton. 

Brewster, C. E., 5007 Waldron, Kansas 

City. 
Boyer, B. H., Farmington. 
Baker, V. L., La Belle. 
Bowen, Thomas, Queen City. 
Baker, Mrs. J. H., R. 1, Butler. 
Ballagh, W. T., Nevada. 
Berry, C. M., 2169 Grove Ave., St. Louis. 
Burrill, F. D., Trenton. 

Bufe, Otto E., 1903, Obear Ave., St. Louis. 
Curnutt, L. M., Montserrat. 
Chamberlain, Mrs, E. C, R. 2, West Plains. 
Coffman, R., Minnith. 
Callaway, Mrs. J. P., Marshfleld. 
Cookerly, Mrs. E. J., 905 Grand Ave., Joplin. 
Conrad, J. D., Aurora. 
Cooper, Joe W., Adrian. 
Cherry, W. A., Adrian. 
Dewey, Geo. M., Keytesville. 
Dixon, Mrs. Harry, Holden. 
Duncan, A. L., Nevada. 
Doerflinger, Chas., Carrie Ave. & Hall St., 

St. Louis. 
Emison, Mr. and Mrs. D. H., Napton. 
Earnest, H., Seymour. 
Ferguson, Stanley, Tipton. 
Fransham, Raymond, R. 4, Butler. 
Farris, Mrs. M. Ella, Bx. 122, De Soto. 
Franklin, W, T.. Irwin. 
Graham, H. L., R. 3, St. Joseph. 
Homes & Ehrhardt, Salisbury. 
Hall, Guy E., New Cambria. 
Hilke, Henry F., 6149 Page, Wellston. 
Harrisin, J. Z., Centerville. 
Johnson, Joe, Bourbon. 
Johnson, L., R. 2, Bx. 112, St. Joseph. 
Kinney, J. J., 7301 Blanche Ave., St. Louis. 



Kone Bros., R. 1 Bx. 10, Carrollton, 111. 
Kossman, Fred J., 5235 Grace Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Kitterer, G. F. t Emma. 
Ludwig, Mrs. E. D., Waynoka, Okla. 
Long, A. J., Birch Tree. 
Lynch, C. V., Harrison ville. 
Lacock, Mrs. Belle, Puxico. 
Miller, W. F., 720 E. 14th St., Sedalia. 
Myers, Dr. C. A., Cold Water. 
McGuire, S. F., Cameron. 
McCurry, Fred, Chillicothe. 
Odell, Dr. B., Billings. 
Ordelheide, Henry, Wright City. 
Pratt, W. A., Trenton. 
Paige, R. S., Iantha. 
Patterson, Mrs. Harriet Tipton. 
Ponder, Freeman, R. 2, Iberia. 
Penick, Mrs. Tom, Brunswick. 
Pinto, E. M., St. James. 
Powell, Clarence, R. 2, New Cambria. 
Rittenhouse, G. E., R. 4, Neosho. 
Rush, Mrs. Dr. Louis, 8000 Carolina Ave, 

Maplewood. 
Rock, F. F., Montrose. 
Redd, Mrs. W. F., R. 11, Knob Noster. 
Robinson, Hunter, Kirksville. 
Spencer, Mrs. Robt., R. 2, Brashear. 
Shellenbarger, O. M., Marion ville. 
Shepard, J. A., R. 2, Dexter. 
Smith, Perry, Pitts ville. 
Tromly, R. S., Galena. 
Thomas, Morton E., R. 3 Bx. 5, Carrollton, 

111. 
Woods, J. M., Bx. 566, Desloge. 
Weilms, H. J., Clayton. 
Winn, W. B., Lee's Summit. 
Wright, R. T., La Belle. 
White, J. Elmer, Sorrell. 
Zimmerman, John H., Glen Allen. 
Zuck, J. H., R. 4 Bx. 7, Poplar Bluff. 

WHITE INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS. 

Bailey, S. P., Versailles. 

Begley, Mrs. Geo., Sr., Poplar Bluff. 

Cies, Mrs. Chas. E., Craig. 

Cordill, Robt. M., R. 3, St. Joseph. 

Cooper, Joe W., Adrian. 

Kavanaugh, D. S., Tipton. 

Lawrence, Elbert E., Craig. 

Miller, C. C, R. 5, Dexter. 

Patterson, Mrs. Harriet, Tipton. 

Page, Agler J., Creighton, Nebr. 

Roberts, J. T., Union Star. 

Shackleford, W. E., Napton. 

Snyder, Jas, R., Frazer. 

Taylor, Mrs. Dot. E., Bethany. 

Waldron, Mrs. Jennie, R. 6, Butler. 

PEKIN DUCKS. 

Bennage, Geo., Marion ville. 
Clark, S. T., Tipton. 
Duber, Ed., Tipton. 
Driesbach, J. F., Anderson. 
Edgar, Mrs. I. O., R. 3, Cassville. 



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Ellis, Mrs. J. S.. 1124 N. Campbell, Spring- 
field. 

Friess, Miss P. J., 2427 Plover Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Fallert, Felix, Zell. 

Fries, C. J., 2477 Plover Ave., St. Louis. 

Hagan, Mrs. J. W., Richmond. 

Kohler, Prof. Otto, Hollister. 

Myers, L. B., Dexter. 

Pittenger, C. C, Marshfield. 

Ridinour, Tom, Green Ridge. 

Ranum, Mrs. Peter, R. 3, Eldon. 

Smith, Mrs. Chas., Carrollton. 

Sturgis, W. A., R. 7, Cameron. 

Snow, Robt., B. 11 Clay Ave., Ferguson. 

Soobada, Otto, 5870 Pernod Ave., St. Louis. 

Seaton, Mrs. Chas., Pleasant Hill. 

Thomasson, Miss Oral, Bx. 441, Frederick- 
town. 

Weerts, Mrs. Mary, 16 Algonquin Lane, 
Webster Groves. 

BUFF ORPINGTON DUCKS. 

Gallatin, J. L., Foster. 

Hickman, Mrs. Wm., R. 3, Tipton. 

Jones, Mrs. Alfred, Maryville. 

Owen, C. F., Willard. 

Streby, H. L., R. 1 Bx. 104, Joplin. 

MUSCOVY DUCKS. 

Anderson, Carl T., 28 N. Elm, Webster 
Groves. 

Boyer, B. H., Farmington. 

Doerflinger, Chas., Carrie Ave. and Hall St., 
St. Louis. 

Ellis, Mrs. J. S., 1124 N. Campbell, Spring- 
field. 

Kohm, H. I., Ste. Genevieve. 

Sullivan, Miss Nora, 3330 Hickory, St. Louis. 

MALLARD DUCKS. 

Lane, J. J., 3323 Wyandotte, Kansas City. 
Rehm, Jas. S., Ste. Genevieve. 
Wright, R. T., La Belle. 

ROUEN DUCKS. 

Amick, Walter K., Windsor. 

Hanks, Mrs. Louetta, Lee's Summit. 

Padley, Mrs. W. H., R. 8, Butler. 

W. L. and CRESTED DUCKS. 

Lawson, Mrs. Thos. S., R. 1, Rea. 
TOULOUSE GEESE. 

Fisher, Mrs. E. G., King City. 
Glover, Mrs. Chas., Odessa. 
Hehl, Rev. Gustav, Wright City. 
Mustek, Mrs. E. W., Brunswick. 
Pigg, John M., Orrick. 
Root, Lucy, Cleveland. 
Shellenbarger, O. M., Marionvillc. 

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EMBDEN GEESE. 

Berry, Jas., Minnith. 

Conrad, John I., R. 2, Fredericktown. 

Daelhousen, Mrs. Benj., Oak wood. 

Griffin, O. B., Atlanta. 

Moore, Mrs. Delora, Pisgah, Bunceton, R. 1. 

Ordelheide, Henry, Wright City. 

Wheeler, J. E., Walnut Grove. 

CHINESE GEESE. 

Amermon, Mrs. Clara, South Fork. 

PEA FOWLS. 

Cott, Otho, R. 4, Slater. 

GUINEAS. 

McCormack, Mrs. J. W., R. 1, Butler. 
BANTAMS. 

Andrews, Miss Meroe, Bryant. 

Cannon, Mary Lucy, Elsberry. 

Dewey, R. E., De Soto. 

Edwards, Brice, St. Charles. 

Ferguson, Homer V., Willow Springs. 

Gruenewald, Edw. E., St. Charles. 

Graves Bros., R. 4, Jefferson City. 

Jenks, A. L., Monett. 

Jacobs, J. W., St. Charles. 

Lautner, Chas., 3139 Nebraska Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Oliver, H. N., R. 5, Fulton. 
Powell, W. L., 4742a Vernon Ave., St. Louis. 
Powell, Harry, New Cambria. 
Robinson, Chauncey and Clarence, Kirks- 

ville. 
Scullin, Chas. J., 6105 Plymouth, St. Louis. 
Suttles, Smith, Carrollton. 
Terhune, John C, Savannah. 
Wesner, C. E. & Son, Windsor. 
Willm, D. F., Crystal City. 

PIGEONS. 

Connor, L. R., R. 1, Lexington. 

Elkins, Walter, Sedalia. 

Liddy, Albert, Oak Ridge. 

Plegge, H. J., 4249 Peck St., St. Louis. 

Renner, & Ushler, St. Joseph. 

Rosch, Otto M., 923 S. Boyle, St. Louis. 

Sueine, John J., 4105 Clarence Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Tootle, Duckworth, St. Joseph. 

CTlrich, Fred, 7720 Ivory, St. Louis. 

Ulrich, Wm., 7811 Vermont, St. Louis. 

Wicker, Chas. E., 1447 Robinson, Spring- 
field. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Adams, Robt. F., Hartville. 
Adams, T. F., Wellsville. 
Anderson, Mrs. R. C, Mercer. 
Alley, W. D., Mercer. 



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Anglemeyer, J. E., R. 6, Independence. 

Arthur, Mrs. J. H., Laquey. 

Addleman, Miss Edith, Adrian. 

Anderson, Geo., 5154 Terry Ave., St. Louis. 

Adams, John W., Poplar Bluff. 

Adams, W. B., Rolla. 

Arrington, Frank, Keytesville. 

Alley, Mrs. J. T., Mercer. 

Arthur, G. H., Lutesville. 

Archambault, A. F., "Webb City. 

Anthony, D. J., Webb City. 

Archias Seed Store Poultry Supplies, Sedalia. 

Amphere, Billy, Louisiana. 

Ashcroft, Chas., De Soto. 

Arms, Mrs. Julia, Dexter. 

Anthony, W. H., Poultry Dealer, El Dorado 

Springs. 
Armstrong, Miss Althea, R. 3, Jasper. 
Arnold, J. A., Kennett. 
Broch, H. H., Webb City. 
Bean, W. Y., 814 Clara Ave., St. Louis. 
Belshea, O. H., Richland. 
Brown, J. R., Mercer. 
Becker, Joseph, Gordonville. 
Buck, Fred, R. 3, Ravenwood. 
Bowen, Mrs. Louise, Advance. 
Braden, Jno. H., Amsterdam. 
Biggs, A. C, Box 15, Bush. 
Barker, Mrs. Lucy, 6670 Oakland Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Bergfelder, G. A., 611 E. 9th, Sedalia. 
Barnes, Mrs. Lon, Eagleville. 
Benecke, L., Brunswick. 
Buschmonn, Ben, St. Charles. 
Bright, W. J., Webster Groves. 
Brosel, R., Webster Groves. 
Brown, C. Hy., Webster Groves. 
Botts, Mrs. R. M., Webster Groves. 
Bonam, J. E., 8603 Smart Ave., Sheffield 

Sta., Kansas City. 
Beard, J. A., R. 1, Butler. 
Burns, J. P., La Forge. 
Burdick, D. B., Breckenridge. 
Bachus, Carry, R. 3, Poplar Bluff. 
Benten, Jas., Bowling Green. 
Baldwin, Mrs. J. W., Pattonville. 
Bratcher, Mrs. Asa N., Curry ville. 
Begleg, Mrs. Edith R., Poplar Bluff. 
Baston, Frank, Jr., Harrisonville. 
Beck, Roy, Box 187, Harrisonville. 
Brown, Mrs, Nettie R., Harrisonville. 
Bird, Urless, Harrisonville. 
Brocow, H. C, Harrisonville. 
Burchett, Howard, Harrisonville. 
Bundy, Ted, Harrisonville. 
Boyd, D. M., Kirkwood. 
Burnet, S. F., Ava. 

Brummer, J. C, 713 Locust St., Kansas City. 
Blum, Charley F., Shrewsbury Park. 
Barde, F. S., Webb City. 
Broyless, Ben F., Chillicothe. 
Bochner, Henry, Chillicothe. 
Boyle, Jas., Chillicothe. 
Borders, Miss Elizabeth, 6442 E. 15th St., 

Kansas City. 
Bauer, M., 2661 Nebraska Ave., St. Louis. 



Beard, Mrs. J. C, R. 1, Fredericktown. 

Baker, F. C, Fredericktown. 

Buxton, W. A., Fredericktown. 

Banes, J. W., Frecericktown. 

Berry, J. P., Poplar Bluff. 

Butner, Allen, Quitman. 

Berry, L. W., Poultry Dealer, Columbia. 

Bonner> L. C, Columbia. 

Bradberry, C. S., 323 McKee St., Joplin. 

Blase, Jos. J., 3908 Louisiana St., St. Louis. 

Bittick, J. T., 8411 Church Rd., St. Louis. 

Botkin, Mrs. Mary M., Joplin. 

Barham, G. E., Holden. 

Burgess, G. W., Joplin. 

Bryson, I. N., Louisiana. 

Baird, H. L., Louisiana. 

Barber, Ben, Zion. 

Buckley, Billy, Dexter. 

Baker, G. B., Callao. 

Belew, S. A., De Soto. 

Brunsen, H. L., 4318 Ellenwood Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Baker, E. C, Aurora. 

Burd, W. D., 5603 Mobile Ave., St. Louis. 

Brown, J. P., Greenwood. 

Brauns, A. E., 3712 Finney Ave., St. Louis. 

Bamber, W. E., Maplewood. 

Chapman, Chas. G., Seneca. 

Coats, W. L., Carterville. 

Clay, Miss Bama, La Grange. 

Cash, J. N., Frankford. 

Candler, W. F., Mt. Grove. 

Craig, Dr. C. H., Webb City. 

Crow, B. F., Keokuk, Iowa. 

CoUiflower, Mrs, J. H., Rolla. 

Cox. Mrs. Chas., Green City. 

Cordell, F. H., Webster Groves. 

Cash, Mrs. Glenn, Bowling Green. 

Cleveland, W. F., 6128 Walrond Ave., Kan- 
sas City. 

Crenshaw, Jas. C, Charleston. 

Clark, F. J., Koshkonong. 

Christopher, W. C, Harrisonville. 

Candler, W. S., Mt. Grove. 

Case, Mrs. C. D., Richards. 

Clinkenbreid, Joe, Lamar. 

Chance, Ernest, Bryant. 

Clary, Mrs. Mildred, R. 1, St. George, Kan. 

Couch, Mrs. E. A., 3928 E. 13th, Kansas 
City. 

Carden, J. S., Quitman. 

Creed, H. S., Flemington. 

Campbell, Ward C, Bucklin. 

Cryts, Sam A., Dexter. 

Chapin, O. W., Rolla. 

Coglizer, Warren, Joplin. 

Clifton, J. A., Marshfield. 

Cox, Chas. E., 3751 Flora Ave., Kansas 
City. 

Cotton, Mrs. Anna L., Barnett. 

Cleaton, Robt., Essex. 

Craig, Mrs. J. M., Cape Girardeau. 

Colman, L. A., Greenfield. 

Chamberlin, H. L., Boon ville. 

Clem, M. F., Hallister. 

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Colltt, Joe., Washington. 

Cordell, H. W., 119 Selma Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Crommer, W. J., De Soto. 
Carter, Mrs. J. B., R. 1, Barnett. 
Coult, A. A., Pres. Poultry Board, St. Louis. 
Cully, Mrs. D. R., Bunceton. 
Clark, Miss Ethel, R. 1, Joplin. 
Cook, Mrs. Arthur T., Maplewood. 
Carlson, Mrs. J. A., R. 1, Cherokee, Kan. 
Cory & Cory, Muskogee, Okla. 
Carter, S. H., R. 1, Mt. Washington. 
Carroll, C. B., Vandalia. 
Craig, T. M., Stockton. 
Cooley, Mrs. W. L., Columbia. 
Cassidy, Miss Tillie, 5237 Waterman Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Catoria, Philip, 1122 N. 10th St., St., Louis. 
Creger, E. D., Warrenton. 
Cramer, H. D., 1486 Hamilton Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Carr, Mrs. C. B., 5358 Cabonne PI., St. 

Louis. 
Carroll, Mary Ruth, R. 1, Louisiana. 
Coult, Geo., Hamilton. 

Clarke, L. T., 5021 Kensington, St. Louis. 
Clayton, J. E., Jr., 122 Carondelet S. New 

Orleans, La. 
Chastaine, C. J., California. 
Demeree, W. C, 413 W. 46th, Kansas City. 
Durham, Wesley, Webb City. 
Dawson, C. R., Grant City. 
Dalton, Chas. L., Poplar Bluff. 
Dickey, Everett, R. 3, Ravenwood. 
Davis, Mrs. Geo. R., La Grange. 
Dorrance, O F., R. 1, Thayer. 
Dingle. E. M., Moberly. 
Davie, L. J., Richland. 
Denham, J. N., R. 4, Harrisonville. 
Dameron, W. B., R. 6, Harrisonville. 
Douglass, Benton, Harrisonville. 
Davidson, Wm., Normandy. 
Devaney & Levengood, Pltry Supplies, Els- 
berry. 
Drerking, Arthur, Emma. 
Dorney, Morris, Chillicothe. 
Diettench, W. F., 1702 E. 41st St., Kansas 

City. 
Dodd, Geo. D., 4650 Labaddie Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Dean, Edw., Rolla. 
Duncan, Mrs. S. L., Neola. 
Davis, B. W., Marshfleld. 
Davis, C. E., R. 3, Marshfleld. 
Dowdy, J. J., Dexter. 
Diemer, G. W., Brunswick. 
Duncan, Jas., Lineville, Iowa. 
Dickie, Walter, 237 Pacific, Webster Gro 
Davis, Jeff, Boonville. 

Doty. C. A., 1008 Locust St., Kansas City. 
Daffron, T. E., Piedmont. 
Davis, Geo. J., Buffalo. 
Dunnavant, Mrs. C. A., Kirkwood. 
Dowman, H, De Soto. 
Dondrin, C. P., De Soto. 
Duley, Mas. Mzy, Dexter. 
Dowdy, Geo. R., Dexter. 



Deacon, W. H., Alexandria, S. Dakota. 

Dotymon, John J., 3537 Cherokee St., St. 
Louis. 

Driggs, B. W., 718 Garfield Ave., Kansas 
City, Kans. 

Devine, John A., 3413 Walnut St., St. Louis. 

Davidson, C. J., De Soto. 

Darling, A. H., Manchester, Vt. 

Dimitt, Mrs. Geo. R., Wheeling. 

Elegood, Edw. A., 4404 N. Market, St. 
Louis. 

Elam, Joe, Hazel Green. 

Elsberry, B. D., Elsberry. 

Edwards, A. J., R. 2 Box 98, Norborne. 

Eichrich, Mrs. F., 8001 Gravois Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Evans, Mrs. Scott, Greenfield. 

Elfrink, G. J., Leopold. 

Elfrink, Ben, Leopold. 

Ernst, Abraham C, 4974 Lotus Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Elliott, Mrs. J. C, 518 N. Harrison, Kirk- 
wood. 

Ellis, W. H., Kennett. 

Everts, Edward, 1916 Nebraska Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Fones, S. A., Carthage. 

Flake, M. L., Lock Box 155, Washington. 

Fish, Walter E., R. 2, Kirksville. 

Fisher, B. F., Mercer. 

Foote, Mrs. F. A., Oasis. 

Fairchild, G. W., Poplar Bluff. 

Flemming, W. P., R. 1, Koshkonong. 

Fishback, Whitset, Bates City. 

Foster, Oliver, R. 2, Peculiar. 

Freeh, Gus A., De Soto. 

Floyd, Mrs M. A., Bx. 460, Sheffield Sta., 
Kansas City. 

Farr, Lawrence, R. 4, Marshfleld. 

Farr, Carl, R. 4, Marshfleld. 

Fry, M. A., Neosho. 

Ford, Jas. S., McCune Sta. 

Flintoft, Mrs. Frank, Webster Groves. 

Francis, Wm., Lutesville. 

Fisher, Lee, Lutesville. 

Finch, H. F., R. 1, Bx. 4, St. Charles. 

Fischer, Dr. E. J., Tipton. 

Fuller, E. E., 216 E. Ave., E. Syracuse, 
N. Y. 

Fox River Butter Co., St. Louis. 

Farley. Mrs. R. H., Bx. 262, Joplin. 

Fewell, C. A., 1527 Valley St., St. Louis. 

Franck, Chas. H., 120 N. Harrison, Kirk- 
wood. 

Fricke, F. H., 606 La Salle Bldg., St. Louis. 

French, Lawrence, R. 2, Springfield. 

Frost, H. E., 5141 Swope Parkway, K. C. 

Finley, W. H., Sturgeon. 

Grote, Chas., 3925 E. 13 St., Kansas City. 

(Iraves, R. D., Frankford. 

Oraham, Sam, Gallatin. 

Gray, David, R. 6, Bx. 679, Independence. 

Givens, Mrs. J. E., Rogersville. 

Garner, J. W., Louisiana. 

Gilbert, Fred H., Dixon. 

Griffith, Mrs. V. M., 5116 Page Blvd., St. 
Louis. 



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Grose, Monwell, Harrisonville. 

Gilbert, Clarence F., Harrisonville. 

Goetz, Rev. Eugene, R. 2, Warrenton. 

Gladden, L. J., Laquey. 

Grossenheider, Mrs. Ed, Richland. 

Gilmer, W. J„ Missouri City. 

Gillinger, J. J., Quitman. 

Grotewohl, Aug., "Wright City. 

Gucker, L. T., 6601 Independence Ave., 
Kansas City. 

Goodhue, W. T., Jr., R. 4, Bx. 35, Parkville. 

Grant, J. N., Everton. 

Graham, J. P., 614 Wright Blgd., St. Louis. 

Garard, James W., Ste. Genevieve. 

Gargen, J. A., Jr., 4622 Chestnut, Kansas 
City. 

Guilboult, F. J., Mildred Ave., Webster 
Groves. 

Greiten, Joe, 3355 Oxford Ave., Maplewood. 

Gorsuch, A. B., Cole Camp. 

Hatter, Mrs. Lucy E., Barnett. 

Haden, Mrs. W. J., Frankford. 

Hornerker, Mrs. Emile, Allenton. 

Herrington, M. F., De Soto. 

Hobbs, V. O., Member State Pltry. Board, 
Mt. Grove. 

Holden, W. R., Warrenton. 

Hendricks, Mrs. J. O., R. 1, Seligman. 

Hoffman, O. R., K. C. Home Tel. Co., Kan- 
sas City. 

Holmes, Sant, Mercer. 

Hurt, A. J., Birch Tree. 

Hoar, T. S., Seneca. 

Harrison, Mrs. Wm., Kirkwood. 

Hawkins, Mrs. J. C. W., R. 5, Tarkio. 

Horman, Aug., Seger School Colony, O. K. 

Horn, Harry J., Kirksville. 

Henry, C. A., Richland. 

Harris, Wm. J., Jordan. 

Holt, J. J., Savannah. 

Howard, Harold, Harrisonville. 

Hobson, John F., Harisonville. 

Hall, Delmer K., Harrisonville. 

Hall, Claude, R. 2, Harrisonville. 

Hall, C. R., Harrisonville. 

Hall, Noel Maxwell, Harrisonville. 

Harrison, E. L., Harrisonville. 

Heley, Walter, Greenville. 

Hazard, Lewis C, Kirkwood. 

Hickman, Mrs. Vaughn, Kirkwood. 

Humphrey, Mrs. S. A., Webster Groves. 

Hall, Harry P., R. 1 Bx. 55D, Clayton. 

Harris, John R., 2639 Davison Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Hays, Scott, Nevada. 

Higgins, Joe, Mineral Point. 

Hagy, R., R. 4, Dexter. 

Howell, W. Z., Dexter. 

Hubbard, Mrs. J. W., 1237a Bayard Ave., 
St. Louis. 

Hauser, Joseph, Clairmont & Hull, Web- 
ster Groves. 

Hoose, O. C, Hart & Sanguinet, Webster 
Groves. 

Hay man, Mrs. R., Kirkwood. 

Huston, Mrs. D. II., Lead Mine. 

Haenshel, E. J., Branson. 



Hall, H. T., Kirksville. 

Harkless, T. W., Lamar. 

Harkison, W. T., Platsburg. 

Hufftutler, R. J., Fredericktown. 

Hardin, John, Poplar Bluff. 

Hull, Mrs. Albert, De Kalb. 

Herbert, Mrs. Roy, Breckenridge. 

Hack, L. A., 515 Tuxedo Ave., Webster 
Groves. 

Higgins, Erbin P., 520 E. 13th St., Sedalia. 

Hansbach, John, Pendleton. 

Hoover, Geo., Plattsburg. 

Hughes, H. P., Everton. 

Hohman, L. O., Greenfield. 

Hare, Mrs. L. D., Webb City. 

Henry, G. W., R, 4, Marshfield. 

Hibler, J. J., Brunswick. 

Halley, R. J., Keytesville. 

Hutchings, M. L., R. 2, Marshall. 

Hudson, F. A., Buffalo. 

Heatherly, Dr. T. E., La Grange. 

Howard, R. E., Univ. Oats Sprouter, 410 
E. 11th, Kansas City. 

Herron, Thos., 1514 Kentucky Ave., Joplin. 

Hawkins, Paul, Kennett. 

Hubble, W. T., Clarence. 

Hurr, Mrs. Sam, R. 1, Mayview. 

Hackaway, B. W., Wainwright Bldg , St. 
Louis. 

Hartman, Louis 2633 Armond PL, St. Louis. 

Hoff, Mrs. Margaret, Stockton. 

Hovener, W. A., 4053 Washington Ave., 
St. Louis. 

Heeger, Dan D., Stanton. 

Hannegan, John L., 3822 Ohio Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Holstein, Elmer E., 12 Soffel St., (Mt. 
Wash. Sta.) Pittsburg, Pa. 

Hale, D. E., 6441 Stewart Ave., Chicago, 111. 

Hayden, Mrs. O. S., Louisiana. 

Hanson, Ora E., Billings. 

Holmes, A. J., 4013 Delmar, St. Louis. 

Isenhower, Miss Ethel, 3918 E. 13th, Kan- 
sas City. 

Irminger, Mrs. Wm., R. 5, Bx. 20, Liberty. 

Ingersoll, Geo. P., California. 

Jones, Ruben, Bloomfield. 

Jones, Edgar, Frankford. 

Jones, Jesse B., State Game Warden, Frank- 
ford. 

James, Mrs. W. W., R. 2, Garland, Kans. 

Jaynes, Ros., Frankford. 

Jones, R. B., De Soto. 

Jakeman, W. L., Cole Camp. 

Johnston, H. C, Boonville. 

Johnson, J. E., Lock Springs. 

Jaenecke, Chas., 5344 Old Manchester Rd., 
St. Louis. 

Jarret, Mrs. Jim, Seneca. 

Jones, W. H., Richland. 

Johnson, Harve, Lucerne. 

Jennings, Miss Ettie, R. 5 Bx. 26, Lee's 
Summit. 

Jonhson, Steve, Poplar Bluff. 

Johnson, J. B., R. 5, Joplin. 

Joplin Hdw. C, 622 Main St., Joplin. 

Johnson, Jas. S., 5135 Cates Ave., St. Louis. 



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John, H. P., 1229 Washington Ave., Spring- 
field. 

Jones, Wm. G., R.l, Bx. 18., Kirksville. 

Jones, Sterling P. f 426 N. 12th, St. Louis. 

Jennings, Mrs. Ida, R. 1 Bx. 6, Mayview. 

Jones, Alfred, Kirksville. 

Johnson, Chas. F., Buffalo. 

Jones, Hubert, R. 1, Kennett. 

James, J. F., Odessa. 

Jones, S. W., Maryville. 

Johnson, B. B., R. 2, Springfield. 

Jackson, J. M., Sedalia. 

Jenkins, J. C. Keytesville. 

Jacobi, Robt., 1724 S. Broadway, St. Louis. 

Kemper, Ray, Clarence. 

Kettmann, Louis, 2749 Allen Ave., St. Louis. 

Klohr, Mrs. Anna M., 279 E. Market St., 
Tiffin, O. 

Kelley, Rev. Dwight, Pilot Grove. 

Keadle, A. B., Wright City. 

Keister, F. D., Koshkonong. 

Klossner, Christ., Drake. 

Knapp, A. B , Monett. 

Krocker, Henry W., 6256 Etzel Ave., St. 
Louis 

Karns, Geo. S., Saxton. 

Kopesky, John, R. 28, Overland Park. 

Kirkhoff, Edw. Bx. 53, Rombauer. 

King, Hugh, Creighton. 

Koontz, O. L., Harrisonville. 

Kahnka, Miss Carrie, Dalton. 

Kinkhorst, Ludwig, Brunswick. 

Kent, James. 4336 S. Compron, St. Louis. 

Kettler, Fritz, 3843 Roberts Ave., Kansas 
City. 

Kayser. Mrs. E , 412 S. Clay Ave., Kirk- 
wood. 

Krake, H. G., Commerce Club, St. Joseph. 

Kuhne, A. A., Poultry Dealer, Troy. 

Kempster, Prof. H. L., Columbia. 

Konzelman, Dr. P. R., 2500 S. Jefferson, 
St. Louis. 

Kalbfleisch, Gus, 3117 Lafayette Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Konitz, Louis, 4107 Clayton Ave., St. Louis. 

Kratz, August, 3837 Ohio Ave., St. Louis. 

Kerr, E. B., Pleasant Hill. 

Kirkpatrick, Letcher, Orrick. 

Knight, E. G., Gallatin. 

Larkin, C. J., R. 5, Joplin. 

Latham, Earl D., Mt. Grove. 

Lodes, <•. A., 5894 N. Market, St. Louis. 

Long, Mrs. Geo., Huntsdale. 

Lowrey, W. H., Mercer. 

Long, Miss J., Pattonville. 

Lidenton, F. E., Poplar Bluff. 

Lawrence, L. R., R. 3, Calgary, Conada. 

Latham, H. H., Mt. Grove. 

Latham, O. E., Dexter. 

Lutz, A. G., 4421 Pennsylvania, St. Louis. 

Lee, Frank H., Joplin. 

Lunon, Roy M., S. Greenfield. 

Lee, Mrs. Frank H., Joplin. 

Lawson, A. B., R. 4, Marshfleld. 

Lewis, Karl, 2046 Blendon PI., St. I. 

J.< nty, L. A., Nevada. 



Lange, Mrs. H., 4415 Cote Brilliante, St. 

Louis. 
Loomis, H. M., care of Burlington Shops, 

Hannibal. 
Lindemonn, E. H., Union. 
Lamb, Chas. F., Cape Girardeau. 
Lehmann, Louis J., 2601 Washington Ave., 

St. Louis. 
La Nier, C. V., Neck City. 
Lonsberry, Wiley, Whiteside. 
Lawrence, L. F., Nevada. 
Loefler, H. R., Otterville. 
Linkenheimer, A. L., 2909 Compton Ave., 

St. Louis. 
Lewis, Mrs. C. W., Fletcher. 
Logan, J. C, Cape Girardeau. 
Magee, J. S., Bloomfield. 
Miller, A. M., 4314 Gannett St., St. Louis. 
Miller, Henry, R. 6 Bx. 672, Independence. 
Mollenkonk, Joseph H., Chatfield, Ohio. 
Miller, Mrs. J. C, Granger. 
Mairs, Mrs. Nannie, Lucerne. 
Myers, Geo. S., Lucerne. 
Mitchell, Mrs. Norman, Seneca. 
Myers, Mrs. Nannie, Lucerne. 
Miller, J. C, Poplar Bluff. 
Manes, Tom. Bellefonte. 
May, Frank, St. Charles. 
Myall, Miss Sara, Liberty. 
Miller, Edw., Bx. 179, De Soto. 
Middleton, Mrs. A. F., Bates City. 
Myer, Sam A., Harrisonville. 
Manley, Wm., Harrisonville. 
Moore, Randolph, Austin. 
Monroe, Geo. C, Harrisonville. 
Moser, Tony, R. 36 Bx. 94, Florissont. 
Moser, Simon, R. 36 Bx. 94, Florissont. 
Mentz, F. H., 3413 Arlington Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Mallonee, Len G., Pittsburg. 
Manning, Frank, Chillicothe. 
Miller, Pressley, Fredericktown. 
Martin, C. W., Poultry Dealer, Columbia. 
Moore, Leroy, 1810 Byers Ave., Joplin. 
Mitchell, Miss Hattie, Greenfield. 
.Montgomery, T. B., Dadeville. 
Mauzey, P. C, Brunswick. 
Mauzey, Dave, Brunswick. 
Myers, John Jr., Brunswick. 
Miller, Geo. W., R. 1 Bx. 78, Dexter. 
Mays, J. H., R. 1, Dexter. 
Morgan, W. E., Sampsel. 
Monter, C. R., Webster Groves. 
Means, Miss Thos., Hart Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Morton, Mrs. R. L., Berry Bd. & Kirkham, 

Webster Groves. 
Muntzel, Mrs. \\ . P., K. 1, Boonville. 
Masck, P. W., 707 Linwood, Kansas City. 
Mueller, Clarence, 4821 Cote Brilliante. St. 

Louis. 

i, ic. <',., Kirksville. 
Muller, Canton, Hollister. 
Machen, Mrs. Ida M., Maiden. 
M'randa, .las. Eagleville. 
Mathes, S. T., Eagleville. 



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Morris, W. A., Bx. 22, Sheffield. 

Mathews, A. O., R. 4, Carthage. 

Middlesworth, M. S., Lamar. 

Malony, W. H., Thayer. 

Milligan, W. S., Miami, Okla. 

Martin, Albert, 2202 S. Jefferson, St. Louis. 

Meyer, W. H., Carrollton. 

Morgan, W. J., 5363 St. Louis Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Manion, Mrs. O. M., Lutesville. 
Mueller, B. G., 216 W. Main St., Collins- 

viUe, 111. 
Meisch, Chas. 3805 Labadie Ave., St. Louis. 
Moore, Anita, 3921 McPherson Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Mooney, Arthur E., 11 Parkland PL, St. 

Louis. 
Mayes, Jewell, Richmond. 
Macy, Perry, Gallatin. 
McLain, Miss Alice, Webb City. 
McKee, Callie, Butler. 
McCutchan, Nate Editor, Windsor. 
McGhee, Wm., Greely Ave., Webster Grove 
McRenolds, C. C, Mercer. 
McCubbin, Mrs. Ida, R. 1, Poplar Bluff. 
McRoberts, Mrs. S. B., Harrisonville. 
McCart, J. W., Richmond. 
McHalland, Hal, Chillicothe. 
McCormick, Geo., ChiUicothe. 
McClout, W. S., Greenwood. 
McGregor, P. H., Rolla. 

McKinney, S. E., 2101 Conner Ave, Joplin. 
McCombs, J. W., Jr., Jackson. 
McCubbin, Mrs. Wm., Brayner. 
Martin, H. B., 24 Highland Terrace, St. 

Louis. 
McCauley, R. A., Perryville. 
McRae, Wm. C, Knox City. 
McPheeters, Geo. W., Buffalo. 
McCully, D. H., Poultry Dealer, Green City. 
McCogin, Mrs. J. W., Dexter. 
McMahan, Mrs. Robt., La Mine. 
McKee, W. W. 5055 Cote Brilhante, St. 

Louis. 
McCaskey, G. D., Editor Poultry Culture, 

Topeka, Kans. 
Mclntire, C H., Dawson, 111. 
McWilliams, Dr. J. A., Bucklin. 
McFodden, G. F., Kennett. 
McLaughlin, M. F., 105 E. 33rd St., Kansas 

City. 
McKown, Mrs. J. W., Plattsburg. 
McGrew, E. M., Kirksville. 
Nickles, James, New Cmbroia. 
Nelson, Mrs. Joseph, Tipton. 
Nelson, W. C, Cole Camp. 
Needham, V. E., Webster Groves. 
Nett, L., R. 1, Koshkonong. 
Neal, Sam'l H., Dexter. 
North, Frank M., Labadie. 
Nickols W. A., Poultry Dealer, Pleasant Hill. 
Nolan, Wm. V. A., 4745 Cook Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Northstine, A. L., R. 1, Washington. 
Oldendorph, Louis, Ferguson. 
Owen, Joe. E., R. 2, Mayview. 
Orr, E. C Chillicothe. 



Odwyes, E. E., 407 5th St., Monett. 

Owens, H., R. 5, Dexter. 

Osborne, Louis A., 1008 E. 15th St., Sedalia. 

Oldendorph, J., Waterloo, 111. 

Pickard, Lee, Maiden 

Par ham, R J., Frankford. 

Palmer, J. C, Produce Dealer, Clarence. 

Phelan, Miss Agnes, Allenton. 

Pretty man, Walter S., Harrisonville. 

Phillips, Ernest, Harrisonville. 

Pearson, Mrs. E., 2624 Margaret Ave., 

Maplewood. 
Powell, Chas. W., Odessa. 
Platte City Produce Co., Piatt City. 
Palmer, J. S., Poultry Dealer, Elsberry. 
Peterson, O. F., Concordia. 
Pietchke, Frank, Pendleton. 
Porter, Mrs. John Y., R. 1, Blue Springs. 
Parker, B. E., Adrian. 

Peterson M. F., 1808 Elliott Ave., St. Louis. 
Poteet, Mrs. F. E., Easton. 
Pollock, Robt., Kirksville. 
Phelps, Col. W. H., Carthage. 
Pegram, Sam'l M., Muskogee, Okla. 
Page, H. W., 529 Tuxedo Blvd., Webster 

Groves. 
Phelps, J. D., Lutesville. 
Pflngsten, Henry. H., 2705 N. 12th, St. 

Louis. 
Porter, F. N., Crystal City. 
Pickard, E. S., Kennett. 
Peterman, Mrs. Adam, Knob Noster. 
Powers, Leonard, Mercer. 
Penter, Mrs. Joe., R. 6, Independence. 
Penter, Patrick, 115 N. Denver, Kansas City. 
Pharr, J. N., Poplar Bluff. 
Quisenberry, T. E., Mt. Grove. 
Quick, J. K., Dalton. 
Quisenberry, E. H., Carrollton. 
Rotclifif, Mrs. Martha, Barnett. 
Rickey, S. H., Clarence. 
Robuck, J. J., La Platta. 
Reynolds, B. D., Webb City. 
Richardson, G. L,. car of Copper Eng. Co., 

Kansas City. 
Ruby, J. C, Bethany. 

Rabe, Ben H., 1430 Union Blvd., St. Louis. 
Ransom, Frank, Louisiana. 
Randall, C. E., Birch Tree. 
Ross, Mrs. E. M., Otterville. 
Rousher, Mrs. J. C, Amsterdam. 
Riggin, Mrs. J. L., Savannah. 
Reagan, Mrs. Lucy M., Richland. 
Richland Pro. Co., Richland. 
Richter, Heinrich, R. 1, Box 131, Mason, 111. 
Rust, F. P., Peculiar. 

Richart, W. R., 585 S. Benton, Marshall 
Redfield, Chas. E., 414 Bompart Ave., 

Webster Groves. 
Robidoux, Mrs. F. C, 4118 Exter Ave., 

Shrewsbury Park. 
Ralls, Earl, Osgood. 
Rawlins, R. L., Chillicothe. 
Robinson, Jas. B., Jr., Maryville. 
Rohr, H. F., 2646 Terrace Lane, Ben Avis. 
Ringshausen, Geo. 817 Spruce, St, Louis. 
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Ringer, J. D., Barnett. 

Rodenhauser, P., 1439 S. Broadway, St. 

Louis. 
Russell, Rosco, Bernice. 
Ringer, Lewis, Dexter. 
Roberts, L. W., 327 S. Racine Ave., Chicago, 

IU. 
Roark, Mrs O. C, Barnett. 
Reed, Mrs. M. T., 909 Adams St., St. 

Charles. 
Roselins, Mrs. E. A., Corning. 
Redley, Tom, Greenfield. 
Redden, Mrs. Hugo, 648 Marshall, Webster 

Groves. 
Ritter, Mrs. E. L., 3856 Garfield Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Robb, Dr. Maleolm, 806 Century Bldg, St. 

Louis. 
Ross, W. W., Lutesville. 

Rogers, P. O., 3556 Genessee, Kansas City. 
Rondall. W. A, 2011 Sergeant Ave., Joplin. 
Rea, Ben F., Buffalo. 
Rea, M. V., Charity. 
Roth, Frank W., Joplin. 
Roberts, Prewitt, Marshfield. 
Roberts, Mrs. M. G., Marshfield. 
Rapstine, J., Burnhorn. 
Reulbach, E. J., 1517 Syndicate Trust Bldg. 

St. Louis. 
Rogers, P. O., 3556 Gennessee, Kansas City. 
Sherlock, Loucien, Louisiana. 
Scott, C. E., Grant City. 
Spreckelmeyer, Fred H., Box 343, Washing- 
ton. 
Smith, Mary E., Box 143, Dexter. 
Stewart, Mark, Louisiana. 
Straton, John, Lamar. 
Steele, D. C, Dexter. 
Sims, Martin, 67 S. 20th, Kansas City, 

Kansas. 
Smith, C. J., 209 Spring Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Sterrett, W. F., Nevada. 
Shannon, Mrs. J. T., R. 3, Plattsburg. 
Shannon, Geo. T., R. 3, Plattsburg. 
Symes, Fritz E., Wright City. 
Stephens, C. F., Galena. 
Sharp, Anderson, Quitman. 
Spooner, C. A., Chillicothe. 
Scruby. H. P., Chillicothe. 
Scott, Mrs. E. A., Chillicothe. 
Schmitz, John J., Chillicothe. 
Shelley, R. L., Charleston. 
Smith, Mrs. J. L., Warrensburg. 
Spilman, Jas. A., Rolla. 
Staples, Capt. Marion, Joplin. 
Schultz, Frank J., 5350 Ridge Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Stark, H. H., 907 Prospect Ave., Carthage 
Schmook, Mrs. John, 307 Baker Block, 

Springfield. 
Simpson, W. L., Rolla. 
Sontag, Oscar, 4303 Laughborgh Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Stockings, A. E., De Soto. 
Smith, Fred O., Kennett. 
Shaffoer, Mrs. L. S., Overland. 



Sterns, H. A., West Plains. 

Switzler, R. H., Cold Storage, Lewis & O'Tal- 

lon, St. Louis. 
Settles, W. A., Greenville. 
Searight, John W., Granger. 
Schmook, Otto. Aurora. 
Somerville, J. H., Mercer. 
Speirs, J. A., Maryville. 
Sparlin, Mrs. Nellie, Seneca. 
Sparlin, Mrs. M. B., Seneca. 
Sinnock, Jas., Moberly. 
Spinks, Mrs. S. B., 4373 Laclede Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Stephens, Chas. P., Moberly. 
Smith, J. Elliott, Poplar Bluff. 
Smith, C. N., Dixon. 

Sudhoff, G. H., 4266 Arsenal St., St. Louis. 
Spicer, Marion, Harrisonville. 
Smart, Ted, R. 5, Harrisonville. 
Schrock, J. B., Garden City. 
Sweitzer, Joe. B., Harrisonville. 
Siegenthaler, Wm., 2618 Eads Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Shanks, E. C, Greenfield. 
Stolley, R. H., St. Charles. 
Stoller, Mrs. John, Webster Groves. 
Smith, Mrs. A. G., 3031 Park Ave., Kansas 

City. 
Seibert, Louis, Hollister. 
Sanders, E. E., Hollister. 
Shell, I. H., Lutesville. 
Stein, H. E., R. 9, Jefferson Barracks. 
Schenck, Jacob, N. W. Cor. Galena & Penn., 

St. Louis. 
Shirley, J. B., 210 S. 11th St., St. Joseph. 
Shanholtzer, Mrs. W., R. 27, Kingsville. 
Sitton, Chas., R. 3, Dexter. 
Sereni, Otto, Bismarck. 
Shell, L. H., Hahn. 

Sutton, Mrs. Clifford, R. 3, Box 86, Sikeston. 
Smith, Miss Mabel, Fulton. 
Shirk, Frank, Plattsburg. 
Shewey, Geo. D., Trimble. 
Scroogs, E. T., Greenfield. 
Shipley, R. J., Greenfield. 
Slentz, H., R. 4, Marshfield. 
Slentz, W. P., R. 4., Marshfield. 
Stark, Geo., Poultry Dealer, Arcadia. 
Smith, W. L., Marshfield. 
Starmont, Rev. A. C, Dalton. 
Scouller, Dr. J. D., Pontiac, 111. 
Snyder, Ernst, Centralia. 
Slinkard, D. S., Lutesville. 
Simpson, Jno., Trenton. 
Scanlon, M., West Plains. 
Sonnenburgh, Otto E., Hotel Jefferson, St. 

Louis. 
Stoffer, Arthur C, 1434 S. Broadway, St. 

Louis. 
Scharff, Leon, Lyric Theatre, Memphis, 

Tenn. 
Schwartz, P. L., Joplin. 
Stubbs. R. N., Carleton Dry Goods Co., St, 

Louis. 
Shirley, E. A., Kennett. 
Schulenburg, Geo. F., St. Louis. 
Smith, Guy, Kennett. 



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Schramm, O. A., 54 E. 54th, Kansas City. 

Slingluff, Horace, Jr., 5 Elm PL, Webster 
Groves. 

Shaw, Grant, 5336 Virginia, Kansas City. 

Tracy, M. J., 2215 DeKalb St., St. Louis. 

Torrence, Gordon P., R. 6, Rox 123, Inde- 
pendence. 

Tanner, Anton F., 5445 Cologne Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Truemon R. G., 4982 Magnolia Ave., St. 
Louis. 

Titterington, Dr. C. A., Richland. 

Tesson, G. R., 450 Relleview Ave., Webster 
Groves. 

Thurber, Mrs. W. D., Warrensburg. 

Thrower, Levi, Dexter. 

Thorton, T. J., Rertrand. 

Tatum, Dr. H. E., Rrunswick. 

Thrash, L. R., Keytesville. 

Theilen, G. T., Galena. 

Thackston, Mrs. John, Webster Groves. 

Tetwiler, C. W., 725 Kinger St., Poplar 
Rluff. 

Teuscher, Henry, 109 S. 2nd St., St. Louis. 

Toellnon, John, R. 1, Runceton. 

Turner, Otis E., 226 Way Ave, Kirkwood. 

Tillotson, P. H., 314 Commerce Rldg, 
Kansas City. 

Veasey, A. E., R. 4, Poplar Bluff. 

Vinney, Joe, R. 2, Verona. 

Vaught, Clyde, R. 4, Dexter. 

Vaughn, Boney, R. 4, Dexter. 

Verdin, Mrs. John R., Webster Groves. 

Vasterling, A. C, Cape Girardeau. 

Vawter, O. D., Moberly. 

Vandereem, A., Clayton. 

Walther, Theo., De Soto. 

Welker, W. M., Marble Hill. 

Wiebrock, H. W., 2033 Switzer Ave., Jen- 
nings. 

Weber, Elmer, St. Charles. 

Williams, R. H., Webb City. 

Ware, S. O., 3105 Walter Ave., Maplewood. 

Witt, Mrs. J. L., Granger. 

Wilson, Geo. W., Monett. 

Williams, Jno. G., 1924 Clara Ave, St. 
Louis. 

Warren, Lyman, 34 N. Gore Ave., Webster 
Groves. 

Womack, A. L., La Grange. 

Wein, Miss Cora, 2903 Madison, St. Louis. 

Wright, Jas. W., 4th & Maple, Poplar 
Rluff. 

Whitney, Alvin H., Harrisonville. 

Walker, Mrs. T. J., Harrisonville. 

Williams, Mrs. Fanny R., Harrisonville. 

Weber, Norwin, Dexter. 

Watkins, Webb, Dexter. 



Wehmeyer, Henry, 120 Slocum, Webster 

Groves. 
Wirthlin, C, 7313 Southerland, Shrewsbury 

Park. 
Wingert, L., 320 Summit, Webster Groves. 
Wolf, Geo. P., 1120 E. Gano Ave., St. Louis. 
Wilson, Frank C, Quitman. 
Weber, P. J., Poultry Dealer, Tipton. 
Weaver, F. G., 39 Marshall PI., Webster 

Groves. 
Westerman, W. H., Fredericktown. 
Whitner, L. W., R. 1, Fredericktown. 
Williams, S. H., Burlington Junction. 
Woods, Chas. L., Rolla. 
Wilson, A., Miller. 
White, Miller, St. Charles. 
Williams, J. R., R. 4, Dexter. 
Whelehon, Paul A., Arcadia. 
White, Harry G., 2917 Easton Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Watkins, J. R., 849 Rig Rend Rd., Webster 

Groves. 
Windsor, Corinne, Roonville. 
Windsor, Mrs. R. L., Roonville. 
Wilson, W. J., Roonville. 
Weber, Otto, 230 Wabash, Kansas City. 
Williams, A. G., 7500 Rroadway, Kansas 

City. 
Wilson, John S., Ruffalo. 
Williams, H. R., Eagleville. 
Wommack, T. H., 200 Frisco Rldg., Spring- 
field. 
Wernle, Chas., 5200 Terry Ave., St. Louis. 
Woodruff, H., 4704 Varrelman Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Walter, W. E., R. 1, Missouri City. 
Wood, Frank, 1420 Clay St., Springfield. 
Willis, Ed., Carrollton. 
Wells, Chas. M., 203 Gray Ave., Webster 

Groves. 
Weiler, Mrs. John, 5126 Rulwer Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Wareham, Ray, Sedalia. 
Wicker, Mrs. Mattie E., Kennett. 
Walters, Henry, R. 7, King City. 
Walsh, Wm. F., 1909 E. 79 St., Kansas City. 
Walsh, Mrs. John, Monett. 
Walters, T. H., Marshfield. 
Williams, R. C, R. 2, Dexter. 
Woods, J. H., 4135 Garfield, Kansas City. 
Zimmerman, Wm., 86 Locust St., Milwaukee, 

Wis. 
Zimmernan, Ira, 2050 N. 12th St., Kansas 

City, Kansas. 
Zimmerman, Ira, 2118 N. 4th St., Kansas 

City, Kansas. 
Zaman, A. J., R. 6, Rox 420 B, Independence. 
Zepp, John G., 3660 Flora Blvd., St. Louis. 



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MISCELLANEOUS. 

Constanz, Edgar, Canton. 

Childers, W. C, Grant City. 

Cunningham, C. W., Mercer. 

Chapman, H. T., Mercer. 

Carruthers, W. W., 711 S. Theresa Ave., St. 

Louis. 
Cooley, Joseph, Lucerne. 
Cooley, Jubal, Lucerne. 
Clowe, C. E., Dexter. 
Cobls, Mrs. Leatha, Senace. 
Dunklin, Mrs. Frank, Powersville. 
Garrels, Mrs. W. L., R. 5, Webster Groves. 
Gudermath, Mrs. P., Allentown. 
Grush, W. L., 409 Walnut, Kansas City. 
Goodwin & Jean, Produce Dealer, Dexter. 
Gohlson, E. W., Dexter. 
Moser, John. R. 36, Florissant. 
Meunch, F. A., 710 Fairview, Webster 

Groves. 
Meyer, Chas., 7116 Tholozan, St. Louis. 
Mitchell, E. Y., 954 E. Walnut, Springfield. 
Merrill, R. H., Greenfield. 
Stump, Mrs. Rosa, 255 N. Elm, Nevada. 

S. C. R. I. REDS. 

Clark, C. A., Nevada. 
Crane, Fred, Dexter. 
Copeland, G. A., Dexter. 
Davis, H. E., Calhoun. 
Gentry, V. P., Canton. 
Gallatin, Mrs. Will, Chula. 
Grobe, Carl, Poplar Bluff. 
Larkin, J. W., St. Charles. 
Montgomery, C. W., 74th and Main, Kan- 
sas City. 
Oplmes, Hy., R. 12, St. Charles. 

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

Cole, Geo., Bois D'Arc. 
Copeland, H. O., Dexter. 
Custer, J. M., Green Castle. 
Davis, A. M., Aurora. 
Davis, Guy A., Ashburn. 
Doak, Mrs. L. E., R. 2, Osborn. 
Gentry, V. P., Canton. 

Gartland, Larry L., care of Calvary Ceme- 
tery, St. Louis. 
Gross, Albert, Gordonville. 
Gan, Jacob, Bx. 41, Jefferson Barracks. 
(J upton, Edwin, Dexter, 
(Jicssing, John E., Flat River. 
Kalthoff, Mrs. J. W., Waverly. 
Leach, Harry, Greenwood. 
Mansfield, Mrs. W. H., Hazelgreen. 
Muse, Ben., Greenwood. 
O'Daniel, Mrs. J. A., Hunnewell. 

PARTRIDGE WYANDOTTE. 

Kennedy, L. J„ Frankford. 
Kalthoff, Mrs. J. W., Waverly. 



R. C. REDS. 

Dahler, Jno. E., California. 
Garrel, W. P., Gregory Landing. 
Knox, S. E., R. 3, Verona. 
Moser, Mrs. M. J., Knob Noster. 

BLACK LANGSHAN. 

Gallatin, Prof. J. M., Wheeling. 
Koch, Mrs. Wm., Wright City. 

S. C. W. LEGHORNS. 

Cashion, A. V., Perry ville. 
Cleveland, Dr. W. W., Louisiana. 
Calvird, A. E., Farmington. 
Crane, Fred, Dexter. 
Copeland, G. A., Dexter. 
Custer, J. M., Green Castle. 
Dodson, J. J., R. 2, Puxico. 
Greener, J., R. 3, Dawn. 
Gibson, Mrs. Jim, Jr., R. 1, King City. 
Glaze, C. E., R. 1, Larned, Kans. 
Jones, Wm. W., Clifton Hill. 
Koch, Mrs. Wm., Wright City. 
Leach, Harry, Greenwood. 
Montgomery, C. W., 74th and Main, Kan- 
sas Cit3 r . 

R. C. BROWN LEGHORNS. 

Gnau, Geo., Poplar Bluff. 

BUFF ORPINGTONS. 

Callaway, Mrs. Sallie Z., Waverly. 
Cox, F. E., Edgerton. 
Gilliland, Dr. A. O., Cameron. 
Gains, J. H., Cameron. 
Gan, Mrs. Ada, Bloodland. 
Galley, H. L., St. Charles. 

S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS. 

Christie, Mrs. Jim, King City. 
Gregory, Geo., Kahoka. 

WHITE ORPINGTONS. 

Cox, T. W., Edgerton. 

Gartland, Larry L., care of Calvary Ceme- 
tery, St. Louis. 

I. R. DUCKS. 

Gibson, Grant, King City. 

CAMPINES. 

Caruth, Wm., 726 Sargeant Ave., Joplin. 

M. B. TURKEYS. 

Culver, Mrs. R. E., 2818 Frederick Ave., 

St. Joseph. 
Gibson, Mrs. Jim, Jr., R. 1, King City. 



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W. P. ROCKS. 

Culver, Mrs. R. E., 2818 Frederick Rlvd. 

St. Joseph. 
Dooling, M. T., 4215 S. 37 St., St. Louis. 

R. C. W. LEGHORNS. 

Crone, H. E., Tipton. 

CORNISH. 

Crone, H. E., Tipton. 

BUFF P. ROCKS. 

Carlton, Wible, Greenville. 



BLACK ORPINGTONS. 

Clark, C. A., Nevada. 

W. WYANDOTTES. 

Calvird, A. E., Farmington. 
Cole, Chas. A., Union. 
Griffith, W. Y., Lawson. 

PARTRIDGE P. ROCKS. 

Daughters, G. S., R. 8, St. Joseph. 

BUFF WYANDOTTES. 

Duffy, Dr., Trenton. 



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